Comparison of MS SQL Server 2008 V/s. MS SQL Server 2012

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Following is a feature comparison between MS SQL Server 2008 and MS SQL Server 2012.

MS SQL Server 2008	MS SQL Server 2012
MS SQL Server 2008 supports 32767 concurrent connections	MS SQL server 2012 has unlimited concurrent connections.
The SQL Server 2008 uses 27 bit precision for spatial	The MS SQL Server 2012 uses 48 bit precision for spatial
PARSE , TRY_CONVERT, TRY_PARSE functions are NOT available in MS SQL Server 2008	MS SQL Server 2012 provides new conversion functions such as PARSE , TRY_CONVERT, TRY_PARSE
String functions CONCATE and FORMAT are NOT available	CONCATE and FORMAT string functions are available.
MS SQL Server 2008 can support 1000 partitions	MS SQL Server 2012 can support 15,000 partitions
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dac and Microsoft.SqlServer.Dac.Extensions are NOT available in MS SQL Server 2008	Microsoft.SqlServer.Dac and Microsoft.SqlServer.Dac.Extensions are introduced to perform operations on Packages
ORDER by Clause does NOT have OFFSET / FETCH	ORDER by Clause provides OFFSET / FETCH options

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