eBook Details:

• Paperback: 634 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 25, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1849686467
• ISBN-13: 978-1849686464

eBook Description:

SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook

• Provides over a hundred practical recipes that utilize PowerShell to automate, integrate and simplify SQL Server tasks
• Offers easy to follow, step-by-step guide to getting the most out of SQL Server and PowerShell
• Covers numerous guidelines, tips, and explanations on how and when to use PowerShell cmdlets, WMI, SMO, .NET classes or other components
• Builds a strong foundation that gets you comfortable using PowerShell with SQL Server-empowering you to create more complex scripts that you need in your day-to-day job

SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook

PowerShell is Microsoft’s new command-line shell and scripting language that promises to simplify automation and integration across different Microsoft applications and components. Database professionals can leverage PowerShell by utilizing its numerous built-in cmdlets, or using any of the readily available .NET classes, to automate database tasks, simplify integration, or just discover new ways to accomplish the job at hand.

SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook provides easy-to-follow, practical examples for the busy database professional. Whether you’re auditing your servers, or exporting data, or deploying reports, there is a recipe that you can use right away!

You start off with basic topics to get you going with SQL Server and PowerShell scripts and progress into more advanced topics to help you manage and administer your SQL Server databases.

The first few chapters demonstrate how to work with SQL Server settings and objects, including exploring objects, creating databases, configuring server settings, and performing inventories. The book then deep dives into more administration topics like backup and restore, credentials, policies, jobs.

Additional development and BI-specific topics are also explored, including deploying and downloading assemblies, BLOB data, SSIS packages, and SSRS reports.

A short PowerShell primer is also provided as a supplement in the Appendix, which the database professional can use as a refresher or occasional reference material. Packed with more than 100 practical, ready-to-use scripts, SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook will be your go-to reference in automating and managing SQL Server.

What you will learn from this book

• Create an inventory of database properties and server configuration settings
• Backup and restore databases
• Execute queries to multiple servers
• Maintain permissions and security for users
• Import and export XML into SQL Server
• Extract CLR assemblies and BLOB objects from the database
• Explore database objects
• Manage and deploy SSIS packages and SSRS reports
• Manage and monitor running SQL Server services and accounts
• Parse and display the contents of trace files
• Create SQL Server jobs, alerts and operators
• Find blocking processes that are hampering your database performance

Approach

SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook is an example-focused book that provides step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish specific SQL Server tasks using PowerShell. Each recipe is followed by an analysis of the steps or design decisions taken, and additional information about the task at hand. Working scripts are provided for all examples so that you can dive in right away. You can read this book sequentially by chapter, or you can pick and choose which topics you need right away.

Who this book is for

This book is written for the SQL Server database professional (DBA, developer, BI developer) who wants to use PowerShell to automate, integrate, and simplify database tasks. A little bit of scripting background is helpful, but not necessary.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 752 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (December 10, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735666059
• ISBN-13: 978-0735666054

eBook Description:

Training Kit (Exam 70-461): Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Ace your preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-461 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with practice tests on CD featuring multiple, customizable testing options.

• Create database objects
• Work with data
• Modify data
• Troubleshoot and optimize queries

You also get an exam discount voucher making this book an exceptional value and a great career investment.

Ace your preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-461 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with practice tests on CD featuring multiple, customizable testing options.

Maximize your performance on the exam by learning how to:

• Create database objects
• Work with data
• Modify data
• Troubleshoot and optimize queries

Training Kit (Exam 70-461): Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012

You also get an exam discount voucher making this book an exceptional value and a great career investment.

Ace your preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-461 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with practice tests on CD featuring multiple, customizable testing options.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 1056 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1st edition (November 16, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430247916
• ISBN-13: 978-1430247913

eBook Description:

SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes

SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes: Solutions for Integration Services and Other ETL Tools provides focused and practical solutions to real world problems of data integration. Need to import data into SQL Server from an outside source? Need to export data and send it to another system?SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes: Solutions for Integration Services and Other ETL Tools has your back. You’ll find solutions for importing from Microsoft Office data stores such as Excel and Access, from text files such as CSV files, from XML, from other database brands such as Oracle and MySQL, and even from other SQL Server databases. You’ll learn techniques for managing metadata, transforming data to meet the needs of the target system, handling exceptions and errors, and much more.

What DBA or developer isn’t faced with the need to move data back and forth? Author Adam Aspin brings 10 years of extensive ETL experience involving SQL Server, and especially satellite products such as Data Transformation Services and SQL Server Integration Services. Extensive coverage is given to Integration Services, Microsoft’s flagship tool for data integration in SQL Server environments. Coverage is also given to the broader range of tools such as OPENDATASOURCE, linked servers, OPENROWSET, Migration Assistant for Access, BCP Import, and BULK INSERT just to name a few. If you’re looking for a resource to cover data integration and ETL across the gamut of Microsoft’s SQL Server toolset, SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes: Solutions for Integration Services and Other ETL Tools is the one book that will meet your needs.

SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes: Solutions for Integration Services and Other ETL Tools provides focused and practical solutions to real world problems of moving data in and out of SQL Server, helping to create robust and resilient ETL environments.

• Provides practical and proven solutions towards creating resilient ETL environments
• Clearly answers the tough questions which professionals ask
• Goes beyond the tools to a thorough discussion of the underlying techniques
• Covers the gamut of data integration, beyond just SSIS
• Includes example databases and files to allow readers to test the recipes

What you’ll learn

• Import and export to and from CSV files, XML files, and other text-based sources.
• Move data between SQL databases, including SQL Server and others such as Oracle Database and MySQL.
• Discover and manage metadata held in various database systems.
• Remove duplicates and consolidate from multiple sources.
• Transform data to meet the needs of target systems.
• Profile source data as part of the discovery process.
• Log and manage errors and exceptions during an ETL process.
• Improve efficiency by detecting and processing only changed data.

Who this book is for

SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes: Solutions for Integration Services and Other ETL Tools is written for developers wishing to find fast and reliable solutions for importing and exporting to and from SQL Server. The book appeals to DBAs as well, who are often tasked with implementing ETL processes. Developers and DBAs moving to SQL Server from other platforms will find the succinct, example-based approach ideal for quickly applying their general ETL knowledge to the specific tools provided as part of a SQL Server environment.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1st edition (October 31, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430247703
• ISBN-13: 978-1430247708

eBook Description:

Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices

Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices is an anthology of high-end wisdom from a group of accomplished database administrators who are quietly but relentlessly pushing the performance and feature envelope of Microsoft SQL Server 2012.

With an emphasis upon performance but also branching into release management, auditing, and other issues the book helps you deliver the most value for your company’s investment in Microsoft’s flagship database system

• Goes beyond the manual to cover good techniques and best practices
• Delivers knowledge usually gained only by hard experience
• Focuses upon performance, scalability, reliability
• Helps achieve the predictability needed to be in control at all times

Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices is an anthology of high-end wisdom from a group of accomplished database administrators and developers who are quietly but relentlessly pushing the performance and feature envelope of Microsoft SQL Server 2012.

Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices is aimed at SQL Server professionals who want to further their careers through expert-level practices in performance management, scalability, predictability, and security.

What you’ll learn

• Migrate to the new Extended Events framework for troubleshooting performance problems
• Automate the tracking of key performance indicators such as available disk space, cpu utilization, index fragmentation, and more
• Design performance into your database and its applications from the very beginning
• Manage staged releases from development to test through to production
• Diagnose resource and performance problems via dynamic management views
• Analyze I/O patterns and plan reliably to obtain the performance you need

Who this book is for

Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices is aimed at SQL Server professionals who want to further their careers through expert-level practices in performance management, scalability, predictability, and security.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 848 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1st edition (December 21, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735666091
• ISBN-13: 978-0735666092

eBook Description:

Training Kit (Exam 70-463): Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Ace your preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-463 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with online practice tests featuring multiple, customizable testing options.

Maximize your performance on the exam by learning how to:

• Design and implement a data warehouse
• Develop and enhance SQL Server Integration Services packages
• Manage and maintain SQL Server Integration Services packages
• Build data quality solutions
• Implement custom code in SQL Server Integration Services packages

Ace your preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-463 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with online practice tests featuring multiple, customizable testing options.

Maximize your performance on the exam by learning how to:

• Design and implement a data warehouse
• Develop and enhance SQL Server Integration Services packages
• Manage and maintain SQL Server Integration Services packages
• Build data quality solutions
• Implement custom code in SQL Server Integration Services packages

Training Kit (Exam 70-463): Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Ace your preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-463 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with online practice tests featuring multiple, customizable testing options.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 1176 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1st edition (October 2, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118101103
• ISBN-13: 978-1118101100

eBook Description:

Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services with MDX and DAX

The first major update to Microsoft’s state-of-the-art, complex toolset for business intelligence (BI) in years is now available and what better way to master it than with this detailed book from key members of the product’s development team? If you’re a database or data warehouse developer, this is the expert resource you need to build full-scale, multi-dimensional, database applications using Microsoft’s new SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services and related tools.

Understand Microsoft’s dramatically updated new release of its premier toolset for business intelligence

SQL Server 2012 is packed with powerful new Analysis Services features that will dramatically enhance business intelligence. Written by key members of Microsoft’s product team, this book shows you how to apply these new capabilities to create sophisticated BI solutions. In order to accomplish this, you’ll learn how to design, build, and work with the multidimensional and tabular Business Intelligence Semantic Model (BISM) using SQL Server Analysis Services. You’ll then use MDX and DAX to query those databases so you can provide advanced analysis of business problems and build end-to-end solutions to meet your needs.

Discover how to solve real-world BI problems by leveraging a slew of powerful new Analysis Services features and capabilities. These include the new DAX language, which is a more user-friendly version of MDX; PowerPivot, a new tool for performing simplified analysis of data; BISM, Microsoft’s new Business Intelligence Semantic Model; and much more.

• Serves as an authoritative guide to Microsoft’s new SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services BI product and is written by key members of the Microsoft Analysis Services product development team
• Covers SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services, a major new release with a host of powerful new features and capabilities
• Topics include using the new DAX language, a simplified, more user-friendly version of MDX; PowerPivot, a new tool for performing simplified analysis of data; BISM, Microsoft’s new Business Intelligence Semantic Model; and a new, yet-to-be-named BI reporting tool
• Explores real-world scenarios to help developers build comprehensive solutions

Get thoroughly up to speed on this powerful new BI toolset with the timely and authoritative Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services with MDX and DAX.

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Get up to speed on the premier business intelligence toolset

SQL Server 2012 is packed with powerful new Analysis Services features that will dramatically enhance business intelligence. Written by key members of Microsoft’s product team, this book shows you how to apply these new capabilities to create sophisticated BI solutions. In order to accomplish this, you’ll learn how to design, build, and work with the multidimensional and tabular Business Intelligence Semantic Model (BISM) using SQL Server Analysis Services. You’ll then use MDX and DAX to query those databases so you can provide advanced analysis of business problems and build end-to-end solutions to meet your needs.

Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services with MDX and DAX:

• Shows how to utilize SQL Server Data Tools to build Analysis Services multidimensional and tabular databases
• Shares fundamental concepts of DAX and MDX and dives into advanced concepts such as parent-child hierarchies and time-based analysis
• Demonstrates methods for analyzing and optimizing DAX and MDX query performance
• Describes how to use Excel 2010 in conjunction with Analysis Services to analyze data and effectively use PowerPivot® for SharePoint®
• Explains Power View setup and configuration and presents real-world scenarios to help simplify reporting

Wrox Professional guides are written by working developers to address everyday needs. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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SQL Server 2012 is packed with powerful new Analysis Services features that will dramatically enhance business intelligence. Written by key members of Microsoft’s product team, this book shows you how to apply these new capabilities to create sophisticated BI solutions. In order to accomplish this, you’ll learn how to design, build, and work with the multidimensional and tabular Business Intelligence Semantic Model (BISM) using SQL Server Analysis Services. You’ll then use MDX and DAX to query those databases so you can provide advanced analysis of business problems and build end-to-end solutions to meet your needs.

Understand Microsoft’s dramatically updated new release of its premier toolset for business intelligence

The first major update to Microsoft’s state-of-the-art, complex toolset for business intelligence (BI) in years is now available and what better way to master it than with this detailed book from key members of the product’s development team? If you’re a database or data warehouse developer, this is the expert resource you need to build full-scale, multi-dimensional, database applications using Microsoft’s new SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services and related tools.

Discover how to solve real-world BI problems by leveraging a slew of powerful new Analysis Services features and capabilities. These include the new DAX language, which is a more user-friendly version of MDX; PowerPivot, a new tool for performing simplified analysis of data; BISM, Microsoft’s new Business Intelligence Semantic Model; and much more.

Get thoroughly up to speed on this powerful new BI toolset with the timely and authoritative Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services with MDX and DAX.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1st edition (November 28, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118479580
• ISBN-13: 978-1118479582

eBook Description:

Knight’s Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 24-Hour Trainer

If you need a practical, hands-on introduction, especially to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), this book-and-video package from authority Brian Knight is the perfect solution. Each lesson includes three major components: a description of how each SSIS feature or process works, a tutorial that walks you through the process or technique, and an accompanying video lesson. It’s a complete learning package that will give you the confidence you need to start your first SSIS project.

Book-and-video package gets novices up to speed on Microsoft SQL Server 2012

This book-and-video package teaches you the essential elements of Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) from the ground up no previous knowledge of SSIS is required. Each lesson is streamlined to teach a specific component of SSIS, helping you to learn just what you need to succeed. The lessons include three major components: a description of how each SSIS feature or process works, a tutorial that walks you through the process or technique, and an accompanying video lesson, all of which present you with a thorough introduction to Microsoft business intelligence tools and SSIS.

Knight’s Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 24-Hour Trainer makes SQL Server 2012 and SSIS much less intimidating.

• Guides novice database administrators and developers who are learning Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Provides expert instruction from leading SQL Server authority and author, Brian Knight
• Includes a book and a video, complete instruction that includes lessons, hands-on tutorials, and video demonstrations by the author
• Covers the very latest changes and updates in the SQL Server 2012 release

Knight’s Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 24-Hour Trainer makes SQL Server 2012 and SSIS much less intimidating.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.

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Dive into the 2012 release of SQL Server Integration Services with this book-and-video package

This book-and-video package teaches you the essential elements of Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) from the ground up no previous knowledge of SSIS is required. Each lesson is streamlined to teach a specific component of SSIS, helping you to learn just what you need to succeed. The lessons include three major components: a description of how each SSIS feature or process works, a tutorial that walks you through the process or technique, and an accompanying video lesson, all of which present you with a thorough introduction to Microsoft business intelligence tools and SSIS.

Knight’s Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 24-Hour Trainer:

• Furnishes you with all the information you need to confidently start your first SSIS project
• Integrates instructional videos with each of the hands-on lessons found in the book
• Provides expert instruction from leading SQL Server authorities
• Covers the latest changes and updates in the SQL Server 2012 release

The 24-Hour Trainer is a unique book-and-video package that delivers step-by-step lessons for handling real-world scenarios. Each lesson in the book is accompanied by an instructional video that reinforces the content while providing additional explanations and tips.

On the DVD

Don’t just learn do!

The lessons within the book are each accompanied by an instructional demonstration on the DVD.

You’ll learn to:

• Create your first package
• Upgrade packages to SQL Server 2012
• Use a variety of tasks
• Use Data Quality Services to cleanse data
• Incrementally load data
• Load a data warehouse
• Roll up, order, join, audit, cleanse, and separate data
• Deploy, configure, and schedule packages

Please see the DVD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Book-and-video package gets novices up to speed on Microsoft SQL Server 2012

If you need a practical, hands-on introduction, especially to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), this book-and-video package from authority Brian Knight is the perfect solution. Each lesson includes three major components: a description of how each SSIS feature or process works, a tutorial that walks you through the process or technique, and an accompanying video lesson. It’s a complete learning package that will give you the confidence you need to start your first SSIS project.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1st edition (November 6, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118177657
• ISBN-13: 978-1118177655

eBook Description:

Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting

This book is packed with expert advice and real-world examples, showing you how to troubleshoot SQL Server 2012 based on a thorough understanding of SQL Server and Windows internals. It shows how to master the use of specific troubleshooting tools, and how to interpret their output to quickly identify and resolve any performance issue?on any server running SQL Server.

• Covers the core technical topics required to understand how SQL Server and Windows should be working
• Shares best practices so that you know how to proactively monitor and avoid problems
• Shows how to use tools to quickly gather, analyze, and effectively respond to the source of a system-wide performance issue

The 2012 release of SQL Server is the most significant one since 2005 and introduces an abundance of new features. This critical book provides in-depth coverage of best practices for troubleshooting performance problems based on a solid understanding of both SQL Server and Windows internals and shows experienced DBAs how to ensure reliable performance. The team of authors shows you how to master the use of specific troubleshooting tools and how to interpret their output so you can quickly identify and resolve any performance issue on any server running SQL Server.

Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting helps you to quickly become familiar with the changes of this new release so that you can best handle database performance and troubleshooting.

Proven techniques and best practices for troubleshooting SQL Server 2012

This book is packed with expert advice and real-world examples, showing you how to troubleshoot SQL Server 2012 based on a thorough understanding of SQL Server and Windows internals. It shows how to master the use of specific troubleshooting tools, and how to interpret their output to quickly identify and resolve any performance issue?on any server running SQL Server.

From the Back Cover

Proven techniques and best practices for troubleshooting SQL Server 2012

This book is packed with expert advice and real-world examples, showing you how to troubleshoot SQL Server 2012 based on a thorough understanding of SQL Server and Windows internals. It shows how to master the use of specific troubleshooting tools, and how to interpret their output to quickly identify and resolve any performance issue?on any server running SQL Server.

Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting:

• Takes you through the life cycle of a query to help present SQL Server’s architecture in a practical context
• Helps to demystify server hardware and storage systems and examines how SQL Server uses memory and how you should configure it
• Explores query processing and execution, locking, and how tempdb works
• Shows how to use troubleshooting tools to gather, analyze, and respond to the source of a system-wide performance issue
• Details how to enhance your troubleshooting toolset with Powershell and Extended Events, and how to manage SQL Server in a virtual environment

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Hands-on troubleshooting methods on the most recent release of SQL Server

The 2012 release of SQL Server is the most significant one since 2005 and introduces an abundance of new features. This critical book provides in-depth coverage of best practices for troubleshooting performance problems based on a solid understanding of both SQL Server and Windows internals and shows experienced DBAs how to ensure reliable performance. The team of authors shows you how to master the use of specific troubleshooting tools and how to interpret their output so you can quickly identify and resolve any performance issue on any server running SQL Server.

• Covers the core technical topics required to understand how SQL Server and Windows should be working
• Shares best practices so that you know how to proactively monitor and avoid problems
• Shows how to use tools to quickly gather, analyze, and effectively respond to the source of a system-wide performance issue

Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting helps you to quickly become familiar with the changes of this new release so that you can best handle database performance and troubleshooting.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (March 4, 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735663866
• ISBN-13: 978-0735663862

eBook Description:

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Step by Step

• Install and work with core components and tools
• Create tables and index structures
• Manipulate and retrieve data
• Secure, manage, back up, and recover databases
• Apply techniques for building high-performing applications
• Use clustering, database mirroring, and log shipping

With Early Release ebooks, you get books in their earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content as he or she writes – so you can take advantage of these technologies long before the official release of these titles. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, new chapters as they’re written, and the final ebook bundle.

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to building applications with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Step by Step

Teach yourself the programming fundamentals of SQL Server 2012 one step at a time. Ideal for beginning SQL Server database administrators and developers, this tutorial provides clear guidance and practical, learn-by-doing exercises for building database solutions that solve real-world business problems.

Discover how to:

• Install and work with core components and tools
• Create tables and index structures
• Manipulate and retrieve data
• Secure, manage, back up, and recover databases
• Apply techniques for building high-performing applications
• Use clustering, database mirroring, and log shipping

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Step by Step

With Early Release ebooks, you get books in their earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content as he or she writes – so you can take advantage of these technologies long before the official release of these titles. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, new chapters as they’re written, and the final ebook bundle.

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to building applications with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Teach yourself the programming fundamentals of SQL Server 2012 one step at a time. Ideal for beginning SQL Server database administrators and developers, this tutorial provides clear guidance and practical, learn-by-doing exercises for building database solutions that solve real-world business problems.

About the Author

Patrick LeBlanc

Patrick LeBlanc is a Data Platform Technical Solution Professional at Microsoft, working directly with customers on the business value of SQL Server. He co-authored SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer and Knight’s Microsoft Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer, and founded www.sqllunch.com, a website devoted to teaching SQL Server technologies.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 936 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 1st edition (June 17, 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118487168
• ISBN-13: 978-1118487167

eBook Description:

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Administration: Real-World Skills for MCSA Certification and Beyond (Exams 70-461, 70-462, and 70-463)

• Includes practice exams and coverage of exam objectives for those seeking MSCA: SQL Server 2012 certification
• Explores the skills you’ll need on the job as a SQL Server 2012 DBA
• Discusses designing and implementing database solutions
• Walks you through administrating, maintaining, and securing SQL Server 2012
• Addresses implementing high availability and data distribution
• Includes bonus videos where the author walks you through some of the more difficult tasks expected of a DBA

As the most significant update since 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 boasts updates and new features that are critical to understand. Whether you manage and administer SQL Server 2012 or are planning to get your MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification, this book is the perfect supplement to your learning and preparation. From understanding SQL Server’s roles to implementing business intelligence and reporting, this practical book explores tasks and scenarios that a working SQL Server DBA faces regularly and shows you step by step how to handle them. Featuring hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios, this resource guides you through the essentials of implementing, maintaining, and repairing SQL Server 2012 databases.

SQL Server expert Tom Carpenter teaches you skills to help you excel in your job as a SQL Server 2012 database administrator. From designing and implementing database solutions with SQL Server 2012 to querying, repairing data, maintaining high availability, and managing always-on technology, he explores the real-world tasks and scenarios you’ll face as a SQL Server database administrator and shows you how to handle them. This book also serves as an ideal resource for those preparing for their MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification.

• Includes practice exams and coverage of exam objectives for those seeking MSCA: SQL Server 2012 certification
• Explores the skills you’ll need on the job as a SQL Server 2012 DBA
• Discusses designing and implementing database solutions
• Walks you through administrating, maintaining, and securing SQL Server 2012
• Addresses implementing high availability and data distribution
• Includes bonus videos where the author walks you through some of the more difficult tasks expected of a DBA

Featuring hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios, this resource guides you through the essentials of implementing, maintaining, and repairing SQL Server 2012 databases.

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Take Your Career to the Next Level with This Practical Guide

SQL Server expert Tom Carpenter teaches you skills to help you excel in your job as a SQL Server 2012 database administrator. From designing and implementing database solutions with SQL Server 2012 to querying, repairing data, maintaining high availability, and managing always-on technology, he explores the real-world tasks and scenarios you’ll face as a SQL Server database administrator and shows you how to handle them. This book also serves as an ideal resource for those preparing for their MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification.

• Install and configure SQL Server 2012
• Design, implement, and effectively manage database solutions
• Learn basic and advanced querying techniques
• Understand triggers, stored procedures, and indexing
• Standardize, automate, and update jobs, operators, and alerts
• Monitor and manage a SQL Server cluster and learn mirroring
• Initiate backup and restore, and learn security best practices
• Plan for high availability, data warehousing, and business intelligence
• Discover how to clean data and improve data quality

ACCESS practice exams, electronic flashcards, and author videos of critical tasks at www.sybex.com/go/sqlserver12admin

An ideal supplement to help you prepare for:

Exam 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Exam 70-462: Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database

Exam 70-463: Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Administration: Real-World Skills for MCSA Certification and Beyond (Exams 70-461, 70-462, and 70-463)

As the most significant update since 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 boasts updates and new features that are critical to understand. Whether you manage and administer SQL Server 2012 or are planning to get your MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification, this book is the perfect supplement to your learning and preparation. From understanding SQL Server’s roles to implementing business intelligence and reporting, this practical book explores tasks and scenarios that a working SQL Server DBA faces regularly and shows you step by step how to handle them.

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