Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed

Thoroughly updated to reflect Microsoft SQL Server 2008's newest features and best practices, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Unleashed is the latest edition of the most comprehensive, best-selling independent reference to Microsoft SQL Server. This book presents comprehensive, real-world guidance for professionals who work with SQL Server, from DBAs to developers, consultants to users. The Authors present detailed, realistic coverage of all aspects of SQL Server, including Installation and upgrades; Management and administration; Data protection and security, including new Transparent Data Encryption and advanced auditing; Creating and managing tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions; Performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization, including new Performance System Analysis tools; Transactions, transaction management, and distributed transactions; High availability, clustering, and replication; The newest versions of SQL Server Management Studio and other tools and utilities; and Improvements to reporting, including visualization and improved Microsoft Office integration.
 

• Comprehensive, independent, and practical coverage for everyone who works with SQL Server 2008: DBAs, developers, architects, users, consultants, and more
• Covers all of SQL Server 2008's most important improvements, in areas ranging from analysis to security to performance Designed to help experienced professionals build on their current knowledge as they move to SQL Server 2008

List of contents

Part I: Welcome to Microsoft SQL Server                               
            1          SQL Server 2008 Overview    
            2          What's New in SQL Server 2008        
            3          Examples of SQL Server Implementations        
Part II: SQL Server Tools and Utilities             
            4          SQL Server Management Studio
            5          SQL Server Command-Line Utilities    
            6          SQL Server Profiler     
Part III: SQL Server Administration     
            7          SQL Server System and Database Administration        
            8          Installing SQL Server 2008      
            9          Upgrading to SQL Server 2008           
            10        Client Installation and Configuration
            11        Security and User Administration
            12        Data Security
            13        Security and Compliance
            14        Database Backup and Restore 
            15        Database Mail 
            16        SQL Server Scheduling and Notification          
            17        Automating SQL Server Tasks using PowerShell          
            18        SQL Server High Availability   
            19        Replication      
            20        Database Mirroring      
            21        SQL Server Clustering                         
Part IV: Database Administration                                 
            22        Creating and Managing Databases                   
            23        Creating and Managing Tables                         
            24        Creating and Managing Indexes           
            25        Implementing Data Integrity      
            26        Creating and Managing Views in SQL Server   
            27        Creating and Managing Stored Procedures       
            28        Creating and Managing User-Defined Functions           
            29        Creating and Managing Triggers
            30        Transaction Management and the Transaction Log        
            31        Database Snapshots    
            32        Database Maintenance 
Part V: SQL Server Performance and Optimization                              
            33        Data Structures,Indexes and Performance        
            34        Understanding Query Optimization       
            35        Query Analysis
            36        Locking and Performance        
            37        Database Design and Performance       
            38        Monitoring SQL Server Performance   
            39        A Performance and Tuning Methodology         
            40        What's New for Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2008    
            41        Creating .Net CLR Objects in SQL Server 2008         
            42        Using XML in SQL Server 2008         
Part VII: SQL Server Business Intelligence Features                             
            43        SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services    
            44        SQL Server Integration Services          
            45        SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services  
Part VIII: Bonus Chapters on the CD                           
            46        Managing Linked and Remote Servers 
            47        Configuring, Tuning, and Optimizing SQL Server Options         
            48        Administering Very Large SQL Server Databases        
            49        SQL Server Disaster Recovery Planning          
            50        Transact-SQL Programming Guidelines, Tips, and Tricks         
            51        SQL Server and the .NET Framework
            52        SQL Server Web Services      
            53        SQL Server Service Broker                 
            54        SQL Server Full-Text Search  

About the author

Ray Rankins (Saratoga Springs, NY), owns and leads Gotham Consulting Services, and has worked with Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server for 20+ years. Paul Bertucci founded Database Architechs, a database consultancy based in the U.S. and Paris, France. He has 26+ years' experience in database design, architecture, replication, tuning, integration, high availability, and related areas. Chris Gallelli (Albany, NY), president of CGAL Consulting Services, specializes in database administration, tuning, and programming. Alex T. Silverstein (Saratoga Springs, NY) is managing principal and chief architect of the Unified Digital Group, LLC, a developer of custom SQL Server and Microsoft .NET solutions.

Summary

This is the industry’s most comprehensive and useful guide to SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2. It presents start-to-finish coverage of SQL Server’s core database server and management capabilities, plus complete introductions to Integration, Reporting, and Analysis Services, application development, and much more.
 
Four expert SQL Server administrators, developers, and consultants have packed this book with real-world information, tips, guidelines, and samples drawn from their own extensive experience creating and managing complex database solutions. Writing for intermediate-to-advanced-level SQL Server professionals, they focus on the product’s most complex and powerful capabilities, and its newest tools and features. For example, you’ll find invaluable information on administering SQL Server more efficiently, analyzing and optimizing queries, implementing data warehouses, ensuring high availability, and tuning performance.
 
The accompanying CD-ROM contains an extraordinary library of practical tools and information including sample databases and all code examples. Whether you’re responsible for SQL Server 2008 analysis, design, implementation, support, administration, or troubleshooting, no other book offers you this much value.

• Understand the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 environment, R2’s newest features, and each edition’s capabilities
• Manage SQL Server 2008 more effectively with SQL Server Management Studio, the SQLCMD command-line query tool, and Powershell
• Efficiently manage security, users, backup/restore, replication, Database Mail, and database objects—from tables and indexes to stored procedures and triggers
• Increase availability with clustering, database mirroring, and other features
• Use new Policy-Based Management to centrally configure and operate SQL Server throughout the organization
• Use SQL Server Profiler to capture queries and identify bottlenecks
• Improve performance by optimizing queries, design more effective databases, and manage workloads with the new Resource Governor
• Develop applications using SQL Server 2008’s enhancements to T-SQL and SQLCLR, .NET integration, LINQ to SQL, XML, and XQuery
• Make the most of Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services—especially Microsoft’s new R2 reporting improvements
• Improve data security using Column-level and Transparent Data Encryption

 CD-ROM includes:

• 15 additional chapters
• Code samples, scripts, and databases utilized within the book
• Free version of SQL Shot (performance & tuning software)

Product details

• Authors: Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Ray Rankins, Alex T. Silverstein
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9780672330568
• ISBN: 978-0-672-33056-8
• No. of pages: 1700
• Dimensions: 179 mm x 230 mm x 58 mm
• Weight: 2070 g
• Series: Sams; Sams
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks