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What you need for this book

To work with the examples given in the book, you must have the following infrastructure:

SQL Server Denail CTP version 3 or higher, or SQL Server 2012 RTM
The AdventureWorks2012 database, which can be freely downloaded from the following link: http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55330
A Windows administrator login and/or a SQL server login with the sysAdmin privilege

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