You're reading from SQL Server 2019 Administrator's Guide - Second Edition

Product type Book

Published in Sep 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789954326

Pages 522 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

SQL

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

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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