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SQL Server 2012 Features, Fundamentals, and Licensing

SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) preview documentation is at www.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214(SQL.110).aspx.

Hardware and software requirements for installing SQL Server 2012 are available from msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms143506(SQL.110).aspx.

A high-level summary of the available editions of SQL Server 2012 is available at www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/future-editions/sql2012-editions.aspx.

A high-level licensing overview of SQL Server 2012 is available at www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/future-editions/sql2012-licensing.aspx.

A summary of the editions and components of SQL Server 2012 is available from msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms144275(SQL.110).aspx.

Features supported by each edition of SQL Server 2012 are described at msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc645993(SQL.110).aspx.

The maximum capacity specifications for SQL Server can be found at msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms143432(SQL.110).aspx.

The compute capacity limits (processor limitations) by edition of SQL Server are described at msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms143760(SQL.110).aspx.

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