{"id":3733,"date":"2012-03-06T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2012\/03\/06\/sql-server-2012-released-to-manufacturing\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:49:48","slug":"sql-server-2012-released-to-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2012\/03\/06\/sql-server-2012-released-to-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server 2012 Released to Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:small;\">Exciting news! Microsoft announced today that SQL Server 2012 has released to manufacturing. 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