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Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
Publisher: Sams
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0672336928
ISBN 13: 9780672336928
Binding: paperback
Condition: Acceptable

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Buy the print version of�Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Unleashed and get the eBook version for free! eBook version includes chapters 44-60 not included in the print. See inside the book for access code and details.

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With up-to-the-minute content, this is the industry’s most complete, useful guide to SQL Server 2012.

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You’ll find start-to-finish coverage of SQL Server’s core database server and management capabilities: all the real-world information, tips, guidelines, and samples you’ll need to create and manage complex database solutions. The additional online chapters add extensive coverage of SQL Server Integration Services, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, T-SQL programming, .NET Framework integration, and much more.

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Authored by four expert SQL Server administrators, designers, developers, architects, and consultants, this book reflects immense experience with SQL Server in production environments. Intended for intermediate-to-advanced-level SQL Server professionals, it focuses on the product’s most complex and powerful capabilities, and its newest tools and features.

Understand SQL Server 2012’s newest features, licensing changes, and capabilities of each edition
Manage SQL Server 2012 more effectively with SQL Server Management Studio, the SQLCMD command-line query tool, and Powershell
Use Policy-Based Management to centrally configure and operate SQL Server
Utilize the new Extended Events trace capabilities within SSMS
Maximize performance by optimizing design, queries, analysis, and workload management
Implement new best practices for SQL Server high availability
Deploy AlwaysOn Availability Groups and Failover Cluster Instances to achieve enterprise-class availability and disaster recovery
Leverage new business intelligence improvements, including Master Data Services, Data Quality Services and Parallel Data Warehouse
Deliver better full-text search with SQL Server 2012’s new Semantic Search
Improve reporting with new SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services features

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About the Author

Ray Rankins is owner and president of Gotham Consulting Services, Inc. (http://www.gothamconsulting.com), near Saratoga Springs, New York. Ray has been working with Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server for more than 24 years and has experience in database administration, database design, project management, application development, consulting, courseware development, and training. He has worked in a variety of industries, including financial, manufacturing, health care, retail, insurance, communications, public utilities, and state and federal government. His expertise is in database performance and tuning, query analysis, advanced SQL programming and stored procedure development, database design, data architecture, and database application design and development. Ray’s presentations on these topics at user group conferences have been very well received. Ray is coauthor of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed , Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed , Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Unleashed , Sybase SQL Server 11 Unleashed , and Sybase SQL Server 11 DBA Survival Guide, all published by Sams Publishing. As an instructor, Ray brings his real-world experience into the classroom, teaching courses on SQL, advanced SQL programming and optimization, database design, database administration, and database performance and tuning. Ray can be reached at rrankins@gothamconsulting.com.

Paul Bertucci is the founder of Data by Design, LLC (www.dataxdesign.com–formerly Database Architechs), a global database consulting firm with offices in the United States and Paris, France. He is also the Chief Architect and runs a global Shared Services team for Autodesk, Inc. (teams: BI/DW/ODS, Big Data, Identity Management, SOA, Integration (EAI & ETL), MDM, Collaboration/Social, SaaS application platforms, and Enterprise Architecture). He was also the former Chief Data Architect at Symantec for many years. Paul has more than 30 years of experience with database design, data architecture, big data, data replication, performance and tuning, master data management (MDM), data provenance/DataDNA, distributed data systems, data integration, high-availability, enterprise architect, identity management, SOA, SaaS, and systems integration for numerous Fortune 500 companies, including Intel, Coca-Cola, Apple, Toshiba, Lockheed, Wells Fargo, Safeway, Sony, Charles Schwab, Cisco Systems, Sybase, Symantec, Veritas, and Honda, to name a few. He has authored numerous database articles, data standards, and high-profile database courses, such as Sybase’s “Performance and Tuning” and “Physical Database Design” courses. Other Sams Publishing books that he has authored include the highly popular Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed, ADO.NET in 24 Hours, Microsoft SQL Server High Availability, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed. Mr. Bertucci is a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as Informatica World, Oracle World, MDM Summits, and Microsoft-oriented conferences such as SQL Saturday’s, Silicon Valley Code-Camp, PASS conferences, Tech Ed’s, and SQL Server User Groups. He has deployed numerous systems with Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, Postgres, MySQL, NoSQL, Paraccel, Hadoop and Oracle database engines, and he has designed/architected several commercially available tools in the database, data modeling, performance and tuning, data integration, digital DNA, and multidimensional planning spaces. Paul received his formal education in computer science and electrical engineering from UC Berkeley (Go Bears!). He lives in the great Pacific Northwest (Oregon) with his five children, Donny, Juliana, Nina, Marissa, and Paul Jr. Paul can be reached at pbertucci@dataxdesign.com or Bertucci@Alum.CalBerkeley.Org.

Chris Gallelli is the president of CGAL Consulting Services, Inc. His company focuses on consulting services in the areas of database administration, database tuning, advanced stored procedure development, Integration Services, Powershell development and database programming using Microsoft Visual Studio. He has provided SQL Server based solutions for a variety of customers including several Fortune 500 companies. Chris has more than 20 years of experience with SQL Server or Sybase and more than 25 years in the field of information technology. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from Union College. Chris currently lives near Albany, New York, with his lovely wife, Laura, and two beautiful daughters, Rachael and Kayla. Other Sams Publishing books that he has coauthored include Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed. Chris can be reached at cgallelli@gmail.com.

Alex T. Silverstein is owner and chief information officer of Unified Digital Group, LLC (http://unifieddigital.com), a custom database administration and software development firm headquartered near Saratoga Springs, New York. He specializes in designing high availability software systems using the principles of agile development. Alex has more than 15 years of experience providing application development, database administration, and training services worldwide to a variety of industries. He was also a coauthor for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed and a contributing author for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed, all published by Sams Publishing. You can reach Alex anytime via email at alex@unifieddigital.com.

Hilary Cotter is a SQL Server MVP with more than 20 years of IT experience working for Fortune 500 clients. He is the author of a book on SQL Server Replication and coauthor of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration from Sams Publishing. Hilary has also written numerous white papers and articles on SQL Server and databases.

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