SQL Server 2019 Administration Inside Out, 1st edition

Published by Microsoft Press (March 11, 2020) © 2020

  • Randolph West
  • Melody Zacharias
  • William Assaf
  • Sven Aelterman
  • Louis Davidson
  • Martina D'Antoni
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Title overview

Dive into SQL Server 2019 administration–and really put your SQL Server DBA expertise to work. This supremely organised reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, tips, and workarounds–all you need to plan, implement, manage, and secure SQL Server 2019 in any production environment: on-premises, cloud, or hybrid. Six experts thoroughly tour DBA capabilities available in SQL Server 2019 Database Engine, SQL Server Data Tools, SQL Server Management Studio, PowerShell, and Azure Portal. You’ll find extensive new coverage of Azure SQL, big data clusters, PolyBase, data protection, automation, and more. Discover how experts tackle today’s essential tasks–and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery.
  • Explore SQL Server 2019’s toolset, including the improved SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Data Studio, and Configuration Manager
  • Design, implement, manage, and govern on-premises, hybrid, or Azure database infrastructures
  • Install and configure SQL Server on Windows and Linux
  • Master modern maintenance and monitoring with extended events, Resource Governor, and the SQL Assessment API
  • Automate tasks with maintenance plans, PowerShell, Policy-Based Management, and more
  • Plan and manage data recovery, including hybrid backup/restore, Azure SQL Database recovery, and geo-replication
  • Use availability groups for high availability and disaster recovery
  • Protect data with Transparent Data Encryption, Always Encrypted, new Certificate Management capabilities, and other advances
  • Optimise databases with SQL Server 2019’s advanced performance and indexing features
  • Provision and operate Azure SQL Database and its managed instances
  • Move SQL Server workloads to Azure: planning, testing, migration, and post-migration

Table of contents

Part I Introduction
Chapter 1 Getting started with SQL Server tools 
Chapter 2 Introducing database server components 
Chapter 3 Designing and implementing an on-premises database infrastructure

Part II Deployment
Chapter 4 Installing and Configuring SQL Server Instances and Features
Chapter 5 Installing and configuring SQL Server on Linux
Chapter 6 Provisioning and Configuring SQL Server Databases 
Chapter 7 Understanding Table Features

Part III SQL Server Management
Chapter 8 Maintaining and monitoring SQL Server
Chapter 9 Automating SQL Server administration 
Chapter 10 Developing, deploying, and managing data recovery 
Chapter 11 Implementing high availability and disaster recovery 

Part IV Security
Chapter 12 Administering security and permissions
Chapter 13 Protecting data through encryption, privacy and auditing

Part V Performance
Chapter 14 Performance tuning SQL Server 
Chapter 15 Understanding and designing indexes

Part VI Cloud
Chapter 16 Designing and implementing hybrid and Azure database infrastructure
Chapter 17 Provisioning Azure SQL Database
Chapter 18 Provisioning Azure SQL Database managed instance 
Chapter 19 Migrating to SQL Server solutions in Azure

Part VII Big Data and Machine Learning
Leveraging Big Data and Machine Learning

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