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SQL Server 2016 Developer's Guide

You're reading from   SQL Server 2016 Developer's Guide Build efficient database applications for your organization with SQL Server 2016

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786465344
Length 616 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dejan Sarka Dejan Sarka
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Miloš Radivojević Miloš Radivojević
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William Durkin William Durkin
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to SQL Server 2016 FREE CHAPTER 2. Review of SQL Server Features for Developers 3. SQL Server Tools 4. Transact-SQL Enhancements 5. JSON Support in SQL Server 6. Stretch Database 7. Temporal Tables 8. Tightening the Security 9. Query Store 10. Columnstore Indexes 11. Introducing SQL Server In-Memory OLTP 12. In-Memory OLTP Improvements in SQL Server 2016 13. Supporting R in SQL Server 14. Data Exploration and Predictive Modeling with R in SQL Server

Installing and updating SQL Server tools

The very beginning of our journey with SQL Server starts with the installation process. In previous versions of SQL Server, the data management and development tools were delivered together with the SQL Server installation image. As such, if a developer wanted to install SSMS, the setup of SQL Server had to be used to facilitate the installation.

As of SQL Server 2016, Microsoft made the very smart decision to separate the management tools from the server installation. This is not only a separation of the installation medium, but also a separation of the release process. This separation means that both products can be developed and released without having to wait for the other team to be ready. Let's take a look at how this change affects us at installation time.

In the following screenshot, we see the SQL Server Installation Center screen. This is the first screen we will encounter when running the SQL Server setup.exe provided in the installation...

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