Bradley Ball & Steven Wort 
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Administration [PDF ebook] 

Learn to take advantage of the opportunities offered by SQL
Server 2014

Microsoft’s SQL Server 2014 update means big changes for
database administrators, and you need to get up to speed quickly
because your methods, workflow, and favorite techniques will be
different from here on out. The update’s enhanced support of
large-scale enterprise databases and significant price advantage
mean that SQL Server 2014 will become even more widely adopted
across the industry. The update includes new backup and recovery
tools, new Always On features, and enhanced cloud capabilities.
In-memory OLTP, Buffer Pool Extensions for SSDs, and a new
Cardinality Estimator can improve functionality and smooth out the
workflow, but only if you understand their full capabilities.
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is your comprehensive
guide to working with the new environment. Authors Adam Jorgensen,
Bradley Ball, Ross Lo Forte, Steven Wort, and Brian Knight are the
dream team of the SQL Server community, and they put their
expertise to work guiding you through the changes.

* Improve oversight with better management and monitoring

* Protect your work with enhanced security features

* Upgrade performance tuning, scaling, replication, and
clustering

* Learn new options for backup and recovery

Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 includes a
companion website with sample code and efficient automation
utilities, plus a host of tips, tricks, and workarounds that will
make your job as a DBA or database architect much easier. Stop
getting frustrated with administrative issues and start taking
control. Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is your
roadmap to mastering the update and creating solutions that
work.

Tabella dei contenuti

INTRODUCTION xxxvii

CHAPTER 1: SQL SERVER 2014 ARCHITECTURE 1

CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING SQL SERVER 2014 BEST PRACTICES 23

CHAPTER 3: UPGRADING SQL SERVER 2014 BEST PRACTICES 57

CHAPTER 4: MANAGING AND TROUBLESHOOTING THE DATABASE ENGINE 79

CHAPTER 5: AUTOMATING SQL SERVER 113

CHAPTER 6: SERVICE BROKER IN SQL SERVER 2014 155

CHAPTER 7: SQL SERVER CLR INTEGRATION 185

CHAPTER 8: SECURING THE DATABASE INSTANCE 199

CHAPTER 9: IN-MEMORY OLTP 215

CHAPTER 10: CONFIGURING THE SERVER FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE 247

CHAPTER 11: OPTIMIZING SQL SERVER 2014 281

CHAPTER 12: MONITORING YOUR SQL SERVER 325

CHAPTER 13: PERFORMANCE TUNING T-SQL 391

CHAPTER 14: INDEXING YOUR DATABASE 425

CHAPTER 15: REPLICATION 449

CHAPTER 16: CLUSTERING SQL SERVER 2014 491

CHAPTER 17: BACKUP AND RECOVERY 535

CHAPTER 18: SQL SERVER 2014 LOG SHIPPING 593

CHAPTER 19: DATABASE MIRRORING 629

CHAPTER 20: INTEGRATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AND PERFORMANCE TUNING 667

CHAPTER 21: ANALYSIS SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AND PERFORMANCE TUNING 701

CHAPTER 22: SQL SERVER REPORTING SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 725

CHAPTER 23: SQL SERVER 2014 SHAREPOINT 2013 INTEGRATION 763

CHAPTER 24: SQL DATABASE ADMINISTRATION AND CONFIGURATION 789

CHAPTER 25: ALWAYSON AVAILABILITY GROUPS 813

INDEX 849

Circa l’autore

Adam Jorgensen is the President of Pragmatic Works and
the Executive Vice President of PASS with more than 15 years
experience.

Bradley Ball is a MCITP 2005, 2008, and 2012 MCSE DBA
with more than a decade of experience who is currently the Data
Platform Management Lead with Pragmatic Works specializing in Data
Platform solutions.

Steven Wort has been working with SQL Server since 1993,
who joined Microsoft in 2000, and now works as an Architect in the
CRM Service Engineering team.

Ross Lo Forte is a Technology Architect at the Microsoft
Technology Center Chicago focused on Microsoft SQL Server
solutions, with more than 20 years of business development, project
management, and SQL experience.

Brian Knight is the founder of Pragmatic Works and
co-founder of SQLServer Central.com and Jump Start TV.com

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