Saturday, February 08, 2014

"SQL Server 2014 Developer Training Kit"

Microsoft Downloads - SQL Server 2014 Developer Training Kit (and related SQL Server 2014 Developer Training Kit Sample Databases)

The SQL Server 2014 Developer Training Kit includes technical content designed to help you learn how to develop SQL Server 2014 databases, BI Solutions, and gain insights into the new cloud capabilities to simplify cloud adoption for your SQL databases and help you unlock new hybrid scenarios.

Version: 1.0.0

Date Published: 2/7/2014

SQL 2014 Dev Training Guide.exe, 251.8 MB

The purpose of this training kit is to help DBAs and Developers become familiar with some of the new and improved features and functionality in SQL Server 2014. This training kit is a great resource for developers, trainers, consultants and evangelists who need to understand the new features and key improvements introduced in SQL Server 2014 from a developer perspective. It contains a rich set of presentations and demos that are perfect for self-paced learning or for conducting your own training event. The easiest way to get started with the training kit is to download it, install it, and browse the kit for the content that you are most interested in. Many of the presentations and demos in the training kit reference a video that you can watch to familiarize yourself with the content. When you are ready for some hands-on experience, try working through one of the demos. Microsoft SQL Server 2014 builds on the mission-critical capabilities delivered in SQL Server 2012 by providing breakthrough performance, availability, and manageability for mission-critical applications. SQL Server 2014 delivers new capabilities built into the core database for OLTP and data warehousing, which complement our existing OLTP, data warehousing, and BI capabilities for the most comprehensive database solution in the market.

Some snaps from the install;

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The SQL Server 2014 Developers Training Kit is a great resource for developers, trainers, consultants and evangelists who need to understand the key improvements introduced in SQL Server 2014 from a developer perspective. It contains a rich set of presentations and demos that are perfect for self-paced learning or for conducting your own training event.

The easiest way to get started with the training kit is to download it, install it, and browse the kit for the content that you are most interested in.  Many of the presentations and demos in the training kit reference a video that you can watch to familiarize yourself with the content.  When you are ready for some hands-on experience, try working through one of the demos.

Thank you for downloading the training kit, we hope you find it to be a valuable resource for driving SQL Server adoption.

Once installed, here's what you get;

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SQL Server 2014 builds on the foundation of SQL Server 2012, so it's nice seeing that this kit provides information on both,

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If you're looking at, or thinking about looking at, SQL Server 2014, you've got to get this...

 

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