You're reading from SQL Server 2019 Administrator's Guide A definitive guide for DBAs to implement, monitor, and maintain enterprise database solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789954326

Length 522 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

SQL Server

Concepts

Database Administration

Authors (2):

Marek Chmel

Vladimír Mužný

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Provisioning the SQL Server Environment

2. Chapter 1: Setting Up SQL Server 2019 FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Keeping Your SQL Server Environment Healthy

4. Section 2: Server and Database Maintenance

5. Chapter 3: Implementing Backup and Recovery

6. Chapter 4: Securing Your SQL Server

7. Chapter 5: Working with Disaster Recovery Options

8. Chapter 6: Indexing and Performance

9. Section 3: High Availability and the Cloud with SQL Server 2019

10. Chapter 7: Planning Migration and Upgrade

11. Chapter 8: Automation – Using Tools to Manage and Monitor SQL Server 2019

12. Chapter 9: Configuring Always On High Availability Features

13. Chapter 10: In-Memory OLTP – Why and How to Use it

14. Chapter 11: Combining SQL Server 2019 with Azure

15. Chapter 12: Taming Big Data with SQL Server

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Preparing the SQL Server 2019 installation on Windows

The previous section described the whole set of services and features contained in SQL Server. From now on, we will pay attention to on-premises SQL Server DE installed on Windows only.

In this section, we will discuss the following topics:

Which edition of SQL Server to buy with respect to the features and performance capabilities
How to prepare our Windows operating system and other prerequisites
Installation options such as installation wizard, Command Prompt, and the sysprep utility

Edition comparison

Microsoft provides SQL Server in several editions. Each edition has its supported features, and with these features, the allocation of resources will differentiate. This can be seen in terms of performance, price, runtime, and service availability. A complete edition comparison matrix is published at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/editions-and-components-of-sql-server...