Book Description
An essential how-to guide for experienced DBAs on the most significant product release since 2005!
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 will have major changes throughout theSQL Server and will impact how DBAs administer the database. With this book, a team of well-known SQL Server experts introduces the many new features of the most recent version of SQL Server and deciphers how these changes will affect the methods that administrators have been using for years. Loaded with unique tips, tricks, and workarounds for handling the most difficult SQL Server admin issues, this how-to guide deciphers topics such asperformance tuning, backup and recovery, scaling and …

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An in-depth look at the radical changes to the newest release of SISS
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (SISS) builds on the revolutionary database product suite first introduced in 2005. With this crucial resource, you will explore how this newest release serves as a powerful tool for performing extraction, transformation, and load operations (ETL). A team of SQL Server experts deciphers this complex topic and provides detailed coverage of the new features of the 2012 product release. In addition to technical updates and additions, the authors present you with a new set of SISS best …

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Introducing Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 explores the exciting enhancements and new capabilities engineered into SQL Server, ranging from improvements in operation to those in reporting and management. This book is for anyone who has an interest in SQL Server 2012 and wants to understand its capabilities, including database administrators, application developers, and technical decision makers.
Table of Contents
Part I: Database Administration
Chapter 1. SQL Server 2012 Editions and Engine Enhancements
Chapter 2. High-Availability and Disaster-Recovery Enhancements
Chapter 3. Performance and Scalability
Chapter 4. Security Enhancements
Chapter 5. Programmability and Beyond-Relational Enhancements
Part II: Business Intelligence Development
Chapter 6. Integration Services
Chapter 7. Data Quality Services
Chapter 8. Master Data Services
Chapter 9. Analysis Services and PowerPivot
Chapter 10. Reporting Services
Book Details

Paperback: 290 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press (March 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 073566515X
ISBN-13: 978-0735665156
File Size: 28.1 MiB
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Portable and precise, this pocket-sized guide delivers ready answers for the day-to-day administration of SQL Server. Zero in on core support and maintenance tasks using quick-reference tables, instructions, and lists. You’ll get the focused information you need to save time and get the job done—whether at your desk or in the field!
Get fast facts to:

Manage SQL Server services and clients
Configure, manage, and tune servers
Implement policy-based management
Administer security and access
Monitor server activity and tune performance
Automate maintenance
Perform backups and recovery

Table of Contents
Part I: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Essentials
Chapter 1. Managing Your …

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Working with data and databases in C# certainly can be daunting if you’re coming from VB6, VBA, or Access. With this hands-on guide, you’ll shorten the learning curve considerably as you master accessing, adding, updating, and deleting data with C#—basic skills you need if you intend to program with this language.
No previous knowledge of C# is necessary. By following the examples in this book, you’ll learn how to tackle several database tasks in C#, such as working with SQL Server, building data entry forms, and using data in a web service. The book’s code samples will help you get …

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For programmers, analysts, and database administrators, SQLin a Nutshell is the essential reference for the SQL language used in today’s most popular database products. This new edition clearly documents every SQL command according to the latest ANSI standard, and details how those commands are implemented in Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11g, and the MySQL 5.1 and PostgreSQL 8.3 open source database products. You’ll also get a concise overview of the Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) model, and a clear-cut explanation of foundational RDBMS concepts — all packed into a succinct, comprehensive, and easy-to-use format. This book provides:

Background on the Relational Database Model, including current and previous SQL standards
Fundamental concepts necessary for understanding …

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The new edition of the successful previous version is 25 percent revised and packed with more than 200 pages of new material on the 2008 release of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Renowned author Brian Knight and his expert coauthors show developers how to master the 2008 release of SSIS, which is both more powerful and more complex than ever
Case studies and tutorial examples acquired over the three years since the previous edition will contribute to helping illustrate advanced concepts and techniques
New chapters include coverage of data warehousing using SSIS, new methods for …

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Teaches solution architects, designers, and developers how to use Microsoft’s reporting platform to create reporting and business intelligence (BI) solutions
Updated with new information about holistic BI solutions, comprehensive OLAP/Analysis Services reporting, and complete production deployment scenarios
Includes programming examples focused on specific, scenario-based solutions
Explains reporting services architecture and business intelligence, teaches the fundamentals of designing reports through the use of careful planning considerations, and covers advanced report design and filtering techniques

From the Back Cover
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
SQL Server Reporting Services makes reporting faster and easier than ever. This hands-on guide will show you how to harness the full power of …

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SQL Server 2008 represents a sizable jump forward in scalability, performance, and usability for the DBA, developer, and business intelligence (BI) developer. It is no longer unheard of to have 20-terabyte databases running on a SQLServer. SQL Server administration used to just be the job of adatabase administrator (DBA), but as SQL Server proliferates throughout smaller companies, many developers have begun to act as administrators as well. Additionally, some of the new features in SQL Server are more developer-centric, and poor configuration of these features can result in poor performance.SQL Server now enables you to manage the policies on hundreds of SQL Servers …

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When used with the MDX query language, SQL Server AnalysisServices allows developers to build full-scale databaseapplications to support such business functions as budgeting, forecasting, and market analysis.
Shows readers how to build data warehouses and multi-dimensional databases, query databases, and use Analysis Services and other components of SQL Server to provide end-to-end solutions
Revised, updated, and enhanced, the book discusses new features such as improved integration with Office and Excel 2007; query performance enhancements; improvements to aggregation designer, dimension designer, cube and dimension wizards, and cell writeback; extensibility and personalization; data mining; and more

From the Back Cover
The new features of Analysis Services …