Ideal at the desk or as a portable reference for the office, this book provides database administrators with hands-on reference needed to solve problems with a concise, direct approach, and delivers quick reference support for infrequently used steps and hands-on tasks.
Ideal at the desk or as a portable reference for the office, this book provides database administrators with hands-on reference needed to solve problems with a concise, direct approach, and delivers quick reference support for infrequently used steps and hands-on tasks.
Here’s the utterly practical, pocket-sized reference for IT professionals who support Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, now updated for the new features in Service Pack 1 (SP1). This unique guide provides essential details for using this next-generation messaging and collaboration platform to deliver better performance, interoperability, and end-user experience. Written by award-winning author and technology expert William Stanek, this POCKET CONSULTANT puts expert advice for installation, migration, administration, and troubleshooting right at your fingertips. Featuring quick-reference tables, concise lists, and step-by-step instructions, this handy, one-stop guide provides fast, accurate answers on the spot—whether you’re at your desk or in the field!
Get the practical, pocket-sized guide for IT professionals who need to administer, maintain, and optimize SQL Server 2008. Written by award-winning author William Stanek, this portable reference delivers essential details for using SQL Server 2008 to help protect and manage your company s data whether automating tasks, creating indexes and views, performing backups and recovery, replicating transactions, tuning performance, managing server activity, importing and exporting data, or performing other key tasks. Featuring quick-reference tables, lists, and step-by-step instructions, this handy, one-stop guide provides fast, accurate answers on the spot whether you re at your desk or in the field! Key Book Benefits Provides fast facts and immediate reference for administering SQL Server 2008 Delivers must-know details for taking advantage of the improved scalability, security features, and management tools in SQL Server 2008 Features concise tables, easy-to-scan lists, and step-by-step instructions for fast answers, wherever you need them.
Database Administration, Second Edition, is the definitive, technology-independent guide to the modern discipline of database administration. Packed with best practices and proven solutions for any database platform or environment, this text fully reflects the field’s latest realities and challenges. Drawing on more than thirty years of database experience, Mullins focuses on problems that today’s DBAs actually face, and skills and knowledge they simply must have. Mullins presents realistic, thorough, and up-to-date coverage of every DBA task, including creating database environments, data modeling, normalization, design, performance, data integrity, compliance, governance, security, backup/recovery, disaster planning, data and storage management, data movement/distribution, data warehousing, connectivity, metadata, tools, and more. This edition adds new coverage of “Big Data,” database appliances, cloud computing, and NoSQL. Mullins includes an entirely new chapter on the DBA’s role in regulatory compliance, with substantial new material on data breaches, auditing, encryption, retention, and metadata management. You’ll also find an all-new glossary, plus up-to-the-minute DBA rules of thumb.
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Harness the powerful new SQL Server 2012 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is the most significant update to this product since 2005, and it may change how database administrators and developers perform many aspects of their jobs. If you're a database administrator or developer, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible teaches you everything you need to take full advantage of this major release. This detailed guide not only covers all the new features of SQL Server 2012, it also shows you step by step how to develop top-notch SQL Server databases and new data connections and keep your databases performing at peak. The book is crammed with specific examples, sample code, and a host of tips, workarounds, and best practices. In addition, downloadable code is available from the book's companion web site, which you can use to jumpstart your own projects. Serves as an authoritative guide to Microsoft's SQL Server 2012 for database administrators and developers Covers all the software's new features and capabilities, including SQL Azure for cloud computing, enhancements to client connectivity, and new functionality that ensures high-availability of mission-critical applications Explains major new changes to the SQL Server Business Intelligence tools, such as Integration, Reporting, and Analysis Services Demonstrates tasks both graphically and in SQL code to enhance your learning Provides source code from the companion web site, which you can use as a basis for your own projects Explores tips, smart workarounds, and best practices to help you on the job Get thoroughly up to speed on SQL Server 2012 with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible.