Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Management and Administration
Language: English
Published by Sams, 2012
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- Title
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Management and Administration
- Author
- Mistry, Ross
- Publisher
- Sams
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- acceptable
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0672336006
- ISBN 13
- 9780672336003
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
As someone who helped influence the design of SQL Server 2012 and drawing on many months of beta testing, Ross Mistry provides immediately usable solutions for installation and upgrades, management and monitoring, performance and availability, security, consolidation, virtualization, troubleshooting, and more. Mistry identifies new features and corresponding best practices in every chapter, helping you take full advantage of new SQL Server innovations ranging from private cloud support to AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
Understand how to:
- Efficiently install or upgrade the SQL Server 2012 database engine
- Administer and configure database engine settings, storage, I/O, and partitioning
- Transfer data on-premise or to the cloud
- Manage and optimize indexes
- Learn how to consolidate, virtualize and optimize SQL Server for Private Clouds
- Harden and audit SQL Server 2012 environments
- Administer security and authorization, including new Contained Databases
- Encrypt data and communications
- Design and deploy new AlwaysOn high-availability and disaster recovery features
- Implement maintenance best practices, including Policy-Based Management
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About the Author
With more than 15 years of experience, Ross has been a trusted advisor providing strategic guidance for many C-level executives and has been responsible for planning and implementing technology solutions for some of the largest companies in the world. He has taken on the lead architect role for many Silicon Valley internet startups and Fortune 100 organizations, including Network Appliance, McAfee, The Sharper Image, Visa, CIBC, Levi’s, Wells Fargo, and Intel. He specializes in data platform, business productivity, unified communications, core infrastructure, and private cloud.
At Microsoft, Ross is a director and principal enterprise architect at the Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs). The MTCs are collaborative environments that provide access to innovative technologies and world-class expertise, giving organizations the ability to envision, design, and deploy solutions to meet their exact needs. He is currently in the process of launching and leading the first MTC in Canada.
Ross is an active participant in the SQL Server community. He comanaged the main Microsoft SQL Server Twitter account @SQLServer and frequently speaks at technology conferences around the world. He has recently spoken at TechEd, PASS Summit, SQL Connections, and SQL BITS. He is a series author and has formulated many best practices and written many whitepapers and articles for Microsoft, SQL Server Magazine, and Techtarget.com.
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