Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible

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.

Autorentext

Adam Jorgensen is the President of Pragmatic Works
Consulting, a Director for the Professional Association of SQL
Server (PASS), a SQL Server MVP, and a well-known speaker, author,
and executive mentor. His focus is on helping companies realize
their full potential using their data in ways they have not
previously imagined. Adam is very involved in the community,
delivering more than 75 community sessions per year. Based in
Jacksonville, FL, Adam has written and contributed to five previous
books on SQL Server, analytics, and SharePoint. Coauthors Jorge
Segarra, Patrick LeBlanc, Jose Chinchilla, and Aaron Nelson are
well-known experts on SQL Server and Business Intelligence.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt

Introduction xxix

Part I: Laying the Foundations 1

Chapter 1: The World of SQL Server 3

Chapter 2: Data Architecture 15

Chapter 3: Installing SQL Server 31

Chapter 4: Client Connectivity 71

Chapter 5: SQL Server Management and Development Tools 81

Part II: Building Databases and Working with Data 109

Chapter 6: Introducing Basic Query Flow 111

Chapter 7: Relational Database Design and Creating the Physical Database Schema 143

Chapter 8: Data Types, Expressions, and Scalar Functions 173

Chapter 9: Merging Data with Joins, Subqueries, and CTEs 213

Chapter 10: Aggregating, Windowing, and Ranking Data 249

Chapter 11: Projecting Data Through Views 271

Chapter 12: Modifying Data In SQL Server 291

Part III: Advanced T-SQL Data Types and Querying Techniques 323

Chapter 13: Working with Hierarchies 325

Chapter 14: Using XML Data 339

Chapter 15: Executing Distributed Queries 367

Part IV: Programming with T-SQL 387

Chapter 16: Programming with T-SQL 389

Chapter 17: Developing Stored Procedures 431

Chapter 18: Building User-Defi ned Functions 453

Part V: Enterprise Data Management 467

Chapter 19: Confi guring SQL Server 469

Chapter 20: Policy Based Management 531

Chapter 21: Backup and Recovery Planning 547

Chapter 22: Maintaining the Database 585

Chapter 23: Transferring Databases 615

Chapter 24: Database Snapshots 635

Chapter 25: Asynchronous Messaging with Service Broker 647

Chapter 26: Log Shipping 661

Chapter 27: Database Mirroring 685

Chapter 28: Replicating Data 727

Chapter 29: Clustering 745

Chapter 30: Confi guring and Managing SQL Server with PowerShell 769

Chapter 31: Managing Data in Windows Azure SQL Database 801

Part VI: Securing Your SQL Server 831

Chapter 32: Authentication Types in SQL Server 833

Chapter 33: Authorizing Securables 841

Chapter 34: Data Encryption 853

Chapter 35: Row-Level Security 861

Part VII: Monitoring and Auditing 877

Chapter 36: Creating Triggers 879

Chapter 37: Performance Monitor and PAL 909

Chapter 38: Using Profi ler and SQL Trace 919

Chapter 39: Wait States 931

Chapter 40: Extended Events 937

Chapter 41: Data Change Tracking and Capture 945

Chapter 42: SQL Audit 967

Chapter 43: Management Data Warehouse 977

Part VIII: Performance Tuning and Optimization 993

Chapter 44: Interpreting Query Execution Plans 995

Chapter 45: Indexing Strategies 1005

Chapter 46: Maximizing Query Plan Reuse 1041

Chapter 47: Managing Transactions, Locking, and Blocking 1047

Chapter 48: Data Compression 1097

Chapter 49: Partitioning 1109

Chapter 50: Resource Governor 1131

Part IX: Business Intelligence 1141

Chapter 51: Business Intelligence Database Design 1143

Chapter 52: Building, Deploying, and Managing ETL Workfl ows in Integration Services 1155

Chapter 53: Building Multidimensional Cubes in Analysis Services with MDX 1195

Chapter 54: Confi guring and Administering Analysis Services 1223

Chapter 55: Authoring Reports in Reporting Services 1233

Chapter 56: Configuring and Administering Reporting Services 1261

Chapter 57: Data Mining with Analysis Services 1281

Chapter 58: Creating and Deploying BI Semantic Models 1299

Chapter 59: Creating and Deploying Power View Reports 1327

Index 1347