Technical Reference (Database Engine)

Find the tools, languages, and administration programming reference documentation for the Database Engine in SQL Server 2012. 

•  Feature Reference
       Registered Servers F1 Help

       SQL Server Management Studio Menu Help

       Visual Database Tools F1 Help

•  Command Prompt Utility Reference
       bcp Utility

       dta Utility

       LocalDBManager Utility

       More…

•  Database Engine PowerShell Cmdlets
       Invoke-PolicyEvaluation cmdlet

       Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet

•  Errors and Events Reference
       Database Engine Events and Errors

•  Showplan Logical and Physical Operators Reference
       Showplan Logical and Physical Operators Reference