SQL Server 2012 RTM released

In a strange way, the Habr bypassed the news about the release of SQL Server 2012 RTM. The release dates for the publicly available version have also become known - it will be released on April 1, 2012. You can download RTM, for example, here (you can find the Feature Pack download link there): www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql- server / try-it.aspx

Link to launch event: www.sqlserverlaunch.com/ww/Home The

list of innovations is quite extensive, but I would like to note the following:
1) Changes in licensing (from now on SQL Server will be licensed depending on the number of processor cores )
2) AlwaysOn Availability Groups (clustering + mirroring + replication)
3) LocalDB - standalone version of SQL Server