Although columnstore indexes work with the majority of the data types, components, and features found in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes have the following restrictions and cannot be leveraged in the following situations: • You can enable PAGE or ROW compression on the base table, but you cannot enable PAGE or ROW compression on the
Columnstore indexes and batch-query execution mode are deeply integrated in SQL Server 2012, and they work in conjunction with many of the Database Engine features found in SQL Server 2012. For example, database administrators can implement a columnstore index on a table and still successfully use AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AG), AlwaysOn failover cluster instances (FCI),
The SQL Server product group has made significant modifications to the existing SQL Engine to improve scalability and Performance associated with the SQL Server Database Engine. Some of the main enhancements that allow organizations to improve their SQL Server workloads include the following: Columnstore Indexes More and more organizations have a requirement to deliver Breakthrough