Would you like to evaluate SQL Server 2014 CTP1?

In my previous post I summarized the features that are special to SQL Server 2014 (Hekaton). Things will move very fast where data is concerned.

http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2013/06/hekaton-becomes-sql-server-2014.html

Now you can get the full product guide (
SQL_Server_2014_CTP1_Product_Guide.zip, 23.3 MB) from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39269

After downloading you can use any of these OS:Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP. Make sure you have enabled ActiveX Controls and plug-ins.
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The following is quoted from the Visual Studio site,
 "The SQL Server 2014 CTP will expire after 180 days or on Dec. 31, 2013, whichever comes first. Download options include an ISO DVD image, CAB file or Azure version. Microsoft recommends the ISO or CAB version to test the software's new in-memory capabilities"

Some of these should be known before you install:

• SQL Server 2014 CTP1 is only supported on x64 architecture

• You have to use SSMS installed with SQL Server 2014 CTP1 to administer

• There is no feature pack associated with SQL Server 2012 CTP1

• Use SQL Server 2014 CTP1 on Windows Azure for testing the features and not performance testing.
• You can update SQL Server 2012 SP1 to SQL Server 2014 CTP1

On what platforms can you install SQL Server 2014 CTP?

It is not very clear if it can be installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8. The documentation is sparse. 

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/54d55a4a-c372-4c4e-9574-4526e9cc7fde/sql-server-2014-ctp-on-a-desktoplaptop

I did try it on Windows 7(x64) and the rules check did not complain (of course I have others that I should remove):

Learn SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services is released

Learning SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services was released today by Packt publishers. This is my second book on Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (which may be called a second edition). It is enlarged to include Reporting Services Integration with SharePoint 2010. With 566 pages it is somewhat thicker than the first edition (Learning SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services). However, the book has a large number of screen shots like my first book and is somewhat thinner than most other books in this genre. The reviewers and technical editors have put in a lot of effort and time to make this happen.

I take this opportunity to thank the reviewers (Satya Shyam Jayanty and Ritesh Shah) for their meticulous reading of the manuscript; the technical editors, Azharuddin Sheik, Mausam Kothari, Varun Pius Rodrigues, and Lubna Shaikh and many others at Pakct Publishing for their excellent editing and Microsoft Forums' (MSDN, TechNet and SharePoint) help for answering so many of my questions.

Summary of Hands-on tasks you learn:

• Install SQL Server 2012, SharePoint Server 2010, and configure Reporting Services both native and SharePoint Integrated on Windows 7
• Install SSDT and author reports, both local and remote, and deploy them to report servers
• Develop desktop and web applications by using Report Viewer controls
• Author different kinds of reports with the latest gadgets by working with Report Builder
• Manage access to the report server, report scheduling, report delivery, report uploads, and downloads with Report Manager
• Create Tabular Models with SQL Server Analysis Services and deploy them to SSAS Server using SSDT
• Author Power View Reports from your SharePoint Site and export them as Power Point files
• Learn to create Data Driven alerts in SharePoint and monitor them on SQL Agent on SSMS
• Work with Windows Azure Reporting Services using Windows Azure Portal and SSMS
• Write applications in SSIS and WPF to access reports and access native server reports from SharePoint Site

I hope this book is appreciated as much as the earlier one.

Hyperlinks referenced in my new book

My new book on SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 is about to be released and this post provides a list of links referenced in the book, sorted chapter wise.

Hyperlinks provide a gateway to the extensive literature that can be accessed on the Internet. They provide information (collective knowledgebase) above and beyond what one finds in a single article,book,blog or other media formats. However links in a printed book are useful to only those readers who would go to any lengths to find information but irksome, frustrating and almost useless to the others. They are of course useful in online formats such as eBooks.

In order to conform to page count limit set by the publishers (as you might have noticed computer books have become heftier and heftier) and yet provide guidance to the readers there is no better way than publishing a list of links that is chapter-wise sorted and placed in a location that is easy to access. This post is an attempt to do just that. However some essential information from Microsoft Documentation is used as is in the book in some of the chapters.

Chapter 1: Overview and Installation – SQL Server Reporting Services 2012

Operating System Requirements
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144275.aspx.

Software requirements (Power Shell)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff637750(v=azure.10).aspx

Finding processor cores of the computer
http://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-do-i-find-number-of-cores-in.html

Download link for SQL Server2012 Enterprise Evaluation x64 bit
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29066

Options for SharePoint Integration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213532.aspx

Distributed replay controller
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff878183(v=SQL.110).aspx

Configuring reporting services 2012
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281311.aspx

SQL Server 2012 Security related link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144228.aspx

Setting up IE browser to start with Administrator Privileges
http://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-to-start-ie-browser-with.html

SQL Server 2000 database files
 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23654

Attaching and detaching databases
http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/workitem/19203

Attaching/Detaching step-by-step
http://hodentek.blogspot.com/search?q=Sample+databases

Running script files, step-by-step
http://hodentekmsss.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-do-i-install-sample-database-using.html

Choosing SharePoint Server for SQL Server 2012 Integration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dc6a3372-db26-43f0-b7aa-f725acc635c2

Installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7(x64)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx

SharePoint 2010 hardware and software requirements
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288751(v=office.14).aspx

Download link SharePoint2010 Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16631

Installing Microsoft Sync Frame work 1.0(x64)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=141237

Get Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client MSI
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123718

Download and Install Windows 6.1-KB974405-x64.msu
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17331

Get Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (KB2500170).
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2500170

SharePoint2010 and SQL Server 2012 choice
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dc6a3372-db26-43f0-b7aa-f725acc635c2

Reporting Services 2012 Add-in for SharePoint 2010
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29068

Making changes to application pool identity
http://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-do-you-make-changes-to-application.html

Chapter 2: SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 Projects with Visual Studio 2012

SSDT and SQL Server 2012
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh272686(v=vs.103).aspx

SSDT first time problems
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/jamesserra/2012/04/13/ssdt-installation-confusion/print/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2012/06/06/getting-started-with-localdb-debugging-using-ssdt.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage

SSDT and SSRS 2012
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/1f005f31-82a6-4e1c-b221-cb2c798c4caa

SSDT December 2012 update
hodentekmsss.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-update-to-ssdt.html
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/hh297027

Report Designer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173745.aspx

Problem with report preview in VS Designer
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/41d46c69-5a18-4915-8b5e-fc3c19da8db9

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/38ff8d54-06aa-40c3-8916-378d5185320e

First edition
Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2008, ISBN: 9781847196187, Packt Publishing, 2009
Export problem to MS Access
http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/735375/business-intelligence-bids-ssdt-missing-referenced-assembly

Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate download site
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads

Report Viewer Controls
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms251671.aspx

Visual Studio 2010 download site
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12187

Detailed description of Report Builder 2.0
http://dotnet.sys-con.com/node/982742   Part 1

http://jayaramkrishnaswamy.sys-con.com/node/1227111  Part 2

RDL and RDLC Schemas
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252109.aspx

Report Viewer Runtime 2008 version
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6576

Report Viewer Runtime 2010 package
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6442

Report Viewer Runtime 2010 SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6610

Report Viewer Runtime 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35747

Chapter 3: Overview of SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 Architecture, Features, and Tools

Major Components of Native Mode installation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms157231.aspx

SharePoint Standalone Deployment for SQL Server 2012 Integration
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb510781(v=sql.105).aspx

Reporting Services 2012 Configuration details
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms155866.aspx

Regarding Report Parts and their usage
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee635721.aspx

ESRI Shape Files
http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf

Regarding Report scheduling
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=232473

Creating, modifying and deleting Schedules
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms155897.aspx

Power View Features
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/power-view-explore-visualize-and-present-your-data-HA102835634.aspx

Authentication – Report Servers
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb283249.aspx

URL access parameters
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1c3e680a-83ea-4979-8e79-fa2337ae12a3

Reporting Services Default Extensions
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms157231.aspx

Security, Data Processing, Rendering, Report Processing and Delivery Extensions
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213576.aspx


Chapter 4: Working with Report Manager

Report Manager 2012 - Overview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms157147.aspx

Configure a Report Server for Local Administration on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb630430.aspx

Tasks and permissions on Native mode report server
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159840.aspx

Launch error from while launching Report Builder from Report Manager
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/enUS/sqlreportingservices/thread/ec0a6b15-1816-4d6c-87c0-b2f1f28f3d04

Report Manager Site Settings
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181194.aspx

Report Manager F1 Help
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189690.aspx

System Role assignments (New/Edit)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186541.aspx

Clickthrough Reports (SSRS)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345252.aspx

Exporting Reports (Report Builder and SSRS)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd239307.aspx

Caching Reports (SSRS)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms155927.aspx

Chapter 5: Working with Report Manager
Learning SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, Jayaram Krishnaswamy, Packt publishing, ISBN: 9781847196187, 1st Edition, March 2009
http://www.packtpub.com/learning-sql-server-2008-reporting-services/book/mid/010409ofvkyp

Chapter 5: Working with Report Builder 3.0

Report Builder: ENU\x86\ReportBuilder3.msi (24.8 MB) file download link
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29072

Report Builder 2.0 Interface description
http://dotnet.sys-con.com/node/982742   Part 1

Authoring Reports with Report Builder 2
http://jayaramkrishnaswamy.sys-con.com/node/1227111 Part 2

Data source properties - credentials
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178308.aspx

Chapter 7: Report Authoring with Report Builder 2.0
Learning SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, Jayaram Krishnaswamy, Packt publishing, ISBN: 9781847196187, 1st Edition, March 2009
Report Parts in Report Designer (SSRS)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee635721.aspx

Chapter 6: Power View and Reporting Services

Business Intelligence Semantic Model
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/analysisservices/archive/2012/03/09/xvelocity-and-analysis-services.aspx

What’s new in Power View
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/whats-new-in-power-view-in-excel-2013-and-in-sharepoint-server-HA102901475.aspx

Comparison of Multidimensional and Tabular Model
http://www.jamesserra.com/archive/2012/04/sql-server-2012-multidimensional-vs-tabular/

Overview of Power View
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3726.power-view-overview.aspx#Useful_links_for_Project_Crescent_and_SQL_Server_Denali

Power View Visualization
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/power-view-explore-visualize-and-present-your-data-HA102835634.aspx

Practicing Power View online
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oneclickbi/archive/2011/12/27/more-demos-of-power-view-available.aspx

News about Windows Azure HDInsight; and Power View/Power Pivot
http://redmondmag.com/blogs/the-schwartz-report/2013/03/big-data-fray.aspx

Tabular Model and default field set
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh479569.aspx

Measures: Tabular Data Model
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh230824.aspx

Power View with Multidimensional model
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/analysisservices/archive/2012/11/29/power-view-for-multidimensional-models-preview.aspx

Chapter 7: Self-service Data Alerts in SSRS 2012

Data Alerts details
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492252.aspx

Setting up content types in SharePoint site
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb326289.aspx

SharePoint Integrated Reporting Services proxy site
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492284.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492284.aspx

About alert Rules and Alert Scheduling
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492254.aspx

Chapter 8: Reporting Services and Programming

URL Access
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1c3e680a-83ea-4979-8e79-fa2337ae12a3

Deprecated prefixes (DSU and DSP) in SQL Server Reporting Services 2012
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/72f83019-9d2b-4ede-a526-e096a0cabc5b/

URL Access syntax for SharePoint Integrated Reporting Services server
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms153586.aspx

Report Viewer: CodePlex Site link
http://reportviewer.codeplex.com/

Stream callback and Report Viewer
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.reporting.winforms.createstreamcallback.aspx

Report Server Web Services Management Endpoints
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms155398.aspx

ReportExecution2005 end point
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms154052.aspx

SharePoint proxy endpoints
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms155398.aspx

SharePoint Integrated mode ReportService2006
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/reportservice2006.reportingservice2006

Windows Management Framework 3.0 (PowerShell) download
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595

Power Shell quick reference (Cheat sheets)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30002

PowerShell script for getting all Prerequisites to install SharePoint server 2010
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/bcf3332d-f726-4ac7-b01a-eeda4b7ece8e

Making changes to Application Pool
http://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-do-you-make-changes-to-application.html

Power Shell – In depth link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492249.aspx

System.Management namespace details
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa719480.aspx

RSS disambiguation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(disambiguation))

Configuring Reporting Services URL
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb630447.aspx

Writing custom code for reports
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms156028.aspx

Chapter 9: Windows Azure SQL Reporting

Windows Azure SQL Reporting Services limitations
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg430132.aspx

Pricing for hosting reports on Windows Azure SQL Reporting
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/fecb288a-d1a8-4eda-b6f7-85f6dc1e4b4e

Main link for pricing
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/details/

MSDN Forums
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsazureplatform

Technet forums
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/threads

Windows Azure Portal- link to old portal
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/home/features/portals/

Windows Azure Service - known issues
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh667464

Comprehensive reference to SQL Azure with hands-on examples
Microsoft SQL Azure: Enterprise Application Development, ISBN:9781849680806, Packt Publishers, 2010
https://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-sql-azure-enterprise-application-development/book

Chapter 10: Applications Accessing Report Servers

Windows Presentation Foundation in Visual Studio
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb546194(v=vs.90).aspx

Web Browser Class (.NET Framework 4.5)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.webbrowser.aspx

Browser WebBrowser.Navigate () method
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.webbrowser.navigate.aspx

View and Explore Native Mode Reports Using SharePoint Web Parts (SSRS)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159772.aspx

SQL Server Integration Services
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141026.aspx

Chapter 14: Web Service task to convert miles to kilometres
SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005, ISBN: 9781847193315, Packt Publishers, 2007
http://www.packtpub.com/sql-server-integration-services-visual-studio-2005/book

Are you looking for setting up a data center?

If so these 9 sites are qualified:

-- Bradley Square in Bradley, West Virginia

-- Cherokee Expressway Industrial Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma

-- Findlay Commerce Park in Findlay, Ohio

-- Victoria Site in Victoria, Texas

-- Industria Center in Muncie, Indiana

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-- Progress Park in Wytheville, Virginia

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Based on the following criteria according to SugarLoaf associates:

• Electric supply and capacity, 
• Access to long- and short-haul fiber providers, 
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• Electric costs, 
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• the ability to complete construction within 18 months

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Hekaton becomes SQL Server 2014

Blocking and Locking will be a thing of the past

In-memory OLTP Processing:
SQL Server 2014 (former codename Hekaton) has built-in, in-memory capability for OLTP Transactions with not so expesnive hardware requirements. The release date of SQL Server 2014 was annonuced at its TechEd conference in New Orleans this week.

The ink is still fresh on my new book, Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 and Microsoft has announced another version already. Well, Microsoft is known for its relentless offerings. Transactions can be disk/memory based which does not require expensive boxes and with this feature Microsoft tries to distinguish itself from the likes of SAP Hana (Oracle Database with its Exadata and Exalytics). The performance is very fast but only 50 times faster but not Hekaton faster (Hekaton means 100!!!).

In-memory Buisness Intelligence:
This is already a reality. Look at the terrific features of Power View. You can go two ways with Power View: Power Pivot via EXCEL or Tabular Model with SSAS.

Get a jump start from scratch on your acquaintance  with Power Views with my forhtcoming book,
Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012

http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2013/05/some-details-of-my-book-on-sql-server.html


Read more on SQL Server 2014 here->

http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2013/06/03/sql-server-2014-unlocking-real-time-insights.aspx
http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/news/2240185188/SQL-Server-2014-due-out-in-late-2013-in-memory-OLTP-a-big-feature
http://www.techweb.com/news/240062566/microsoft-in-memory-move-challenges-sap- tiwht wyaoracle.html.