Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Administration

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 the SQL 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 as performance tuning, backup and recovery, scaling and replication, clustering, and security.
* Serves as a must-have how-to guide on the new features of the 2012 release of Microsoft SQL Server
* Walks you through ways to manage and monitor SQL Server and automate administration
* Guides you through SQL Azure for cloud computing, data replication, and data warehouse performance improvements
* Addresses client-connectivity enhancements, new features that ensure high availability of mission-critical applications, and tighter integration with Excel and SharePoint for data analysis and reporting
* Highlights major changes to the suite of SQL Server BI tools, including integration, reporting, and analysis services
* Includes real-world case examples and best practices from Microsoft insiders

If you're a database administrator eager to get started with the newest version of SQL Server, then this book is essential reading.

This book is a how-to guide for experienced DBAs.   The book will be loaded with unique tips, tricks and workarounds for handling the most difficult SQL Server admin issues, inlcuding: Managing and monitoring SQL Server Automating administration Security Change management Performance tuning Scaling and replication Clustering Backup and recovery Overall, the 2012 edition will be about 35% new and revised, with some areas revised as much as 60%. The following new features will be covered in depth in this edition: SQL Azure for cloud computing. New features that ensure high-availability of mission-critical applications Client connectivity enhancements Security and compliance Data replication Data warehouse performance improvements Major changes to the suite of SQL Server BI tools, including Integration, Reporting and Analysis Services Tighter integration with Excel and SharePoint for data analysis and reporting The authors also plan to cover related tools that DBAs will find useful---for example, Visual Studio Team Systems for Database Professionals to show DBAs how to perform change management.  The book's companion website will provide all of the sample code in the book, plus useful utilities for automating various administrative tasks.

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 the SQL 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 as performance tuning, backup and recovery, scaling and replication, clustering, and security. Serves as a must-have how-to guide on the new features of the 2012 release of Microsoft SQL Server Walks you through ways to manage and monitor SQL Server and automate administration Guides you through SQL Azure for cloud computing, data replication, and data warehouse performance improvements Addresses client-connectivity enhancements, new features that ensure high availability of mission-critical applications, and tighter integration with Excel and SharePoint for data analysis and reporting Highlights major changes to the suite of SQL Server BI tools, including integration, reporting, and analysis services Includes real-world case examples and best practices from Microsoft insiders If you're a database administrator eager to get started with the newest version of SQL Server, then this book is essential reading.