1: The document discusses business intelligence (BI) and analytics capabilities in Microsoft SQL Server 2012. It highlights new features in several areas including storage, security, availability, resource utilization, manageability, modeling, reporting and analytics.
2: Key new features include columnstore indexing for improved query performance, enhanced security models, availability groups for high availability, and new self-service BI tools like Power View and Data Alerts.
3: The document also outlines predictive analytics, embedded BI, and improved development capabilities in SQL Server 2012 including new programmability features and Entity Framework support.