MS SQL Server 2012 RTM Released (What is New)

Key features of this release are 
Sequence Object,Column Store, Column Store Index, File Tables , Property search ,BISM, DSQ, SSDT, Proximity Search, Semantic Search, Active Secondaries,Connection Director and DB Recovery Advisory .

This page consolidate the Bullets point for new features added to SQL Server 2012

1 Programming Enhancement

1. 1.1 Sequences
2. 1.2 Column Store (“Apollo”)
3. 1.3 Columnstore index
4. 1.4 FileTables
5. 1.5 Circular arc segment support for spatial types
6. 1.6 Table Partitioning up to 15,000
7. 1.7 Extended Events enhancements
8. 1.8 Property-scoped full-text search (Extended Properties Index)
9. 1.9 Statistical semantic search
10. 1.10 Customizable proximity search

2 High Availability

1. 2.1 SQL Server AlwaysOn
   1. 2.1.1 Failover Availability Group
   2. 2.1.2 Failover Cluster Instances
   3. 2.1.3 Active Secondries
   4. 2.1.4 Connection Director
   5. 2.1.5 AutoStat
2. 2.2 Windows Server Core Support
3. 2.3 Database Recovery Advisor:
4. 2.4 StreamInsight Enhancement

3 BI Enhancement

1. 3.1 BI Semantic Model (BISM).
2. 3.2 Ad-hoc Reporting (Crescent)
3. 3.3 Data Quality Service (DQS)
4. 3.4 SharePoint 2010 share service
5. 3.5 SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)