Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Getting Started with SQL Server 2008 R2
Chapter 2: Administrating the Core Database Engine
Chapter 3: Managing the Core Database Engine
Chapter 4: Administering Core Business Intelligence Services
Chapter 5: Managing Core SQL Server 2008 R2 Technologies
Chapter 6: Improving Availability and enhancing Programmability
Chapter 7: Implementing New Manageability Features and Practices
Chapter 8: Maintenance and Monitoring
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting
Chapter 10: Learning the Tricks of the Trade
Appendix: More DBA Manageability Best Practices
Index
- Chapter 1: Getting Started with SQL Server 2008 R2
- Introduction
- Adding SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack features using Slipstream technology
- Designing a best practice approach to upgrading to SQL Server 2008 R2
- Working with Data-Tier applications
- Designing and adopting SQL Server 2008 R2 solutions
- Designing applications to use federated servers
- Chapter 2: Administrating the Core Database Engine
- Introduction
- Designing automated administration practices
- Implementing Security feature enhancements
- Implementing Availability feature enhancements
- Implementing, Monitoring, and Tuning for performance
- Administering SQL Server workloads with Resource Governor
- Designing SQL Server Agent scheduled jobs for ETL processes
- Troubleshooting multi-server instances with utility administration
- Administering SQL Server Replication processes
- Chapter 3: Managing the Core Database Engine
- Introduction
- Implementing Central Management feature enhancements
- Designing Multi-server management from SQL Server 2008 R2
- Managing the Utility Control Point data warehouse database
- Implementing Utility & Non-utility collection sets
- Designing and refreshing a Scalable Shared database
- Managing SQL Server Replication processes
- Implementing security for SQL Server Agent jobs management
- Multiserver Management Using Utility Explorer
- Chapter 4: Administering Core Business Intelligence Services
- Introduction
- Preparing and installing SQL Server Analysis Services
- Implementing Scale-Out of SQL Server Analysis Services
- Administering SQL Server Reporting Services
- Implementing Scale-Out deployment of SQL Server Reporting Services
- Preparing and installing SQL Server Integration Services
- Managing the ETL process efficiently
- Chapter 5: Managing Core SQL Server 2008 R2 Technologies
- Introduction
- Planning and implementing Self-Service Business Intelligence services
- Implementing Microsoft StreamInsight Technologies Platform
- Implementing SQL Azure connectivity features
- Installing and configuring a Master Data Services Solution
- Designing and deploying framework to use Master Data Services
- Chapter 6: Improving Availability and enhancing Programmability
- Introduction
- Preparing new Failover Cluster features
- Installing and configuring Failover Cluster Services
- Recovering and troubleshooting Failover Cluster Failure
- Implementing Database Mirroring features and performance enhancements
- Managing Database Mirroring in a Failover Cluster environment
- Managing Log Shipping scenarios in a Database Mirroring environment
- Improving Replication scalability at multiple sites
- Implementing compressed storage features for tables and indexes
- Designing a storage solution for unstructured data and new collations
- Designing data partitioning solutions for tables and indexes
- Implementing sparse columns and wide table features
- Designing spatial data storage methods
- Deploying and managing data-tier applications
- Chapter 7: Implementing New Manageability Features and Practices
- Introduction
- Implementing auditing and service level security features
- Managing server-level securable and database-level permissions
- Implementing backup compression for a VLDB environment
- Designing change tracking methodology
- Implementing Policy-Based Management features
- Implementing and running PowerShell for SQL Server features
- Implementing the SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer
- Designing Transparent Data Encryption features
- Chapter 8: Maintenance and Monitoring
- Introduction
- Implementing performance baseline practices
- Monitoring resource usage with Extended Events
- Implementing Management Data Warehouse features
- Designing maintenance tasks on a mission-critical environment
- Implementing Piecemeal restore strategies
- Planning and designing of a Disaster Recovery environment
- Implementing sustainable index maintenance practices for a VLDB & 24/7 environment
- Configuring a manageable database consistency and integrity process for multiple databases and a VLDB environment
- Configuring a server storage system for scalability
- Configuring SQL server storage architecture for quick recovery
- Managing a storage system for analyzing bottlenecks
- Chapter 9: Troubleshooting
- Introduction
- Implementing systematized monitoring methods for data platform optimization
- Designing a filtered indexes and statistics feature
- Implementing table hints for advanced query tuning performance
- Implementing query hints for optimized performance
- Designing sustainable locking methods to improve concurrency
- Implementing parallel query processing methods
- Implementing the plan guide to enhance compile-time and
- run-time execution plans
- Configuring and managing storage systems for optimized defragmentation processes
- Building best usage processes of Dynamic Management Views
- Implementing a benchmarking framework on multiple instances
- Chapter 10: Learning the Tricks of the Trade
- Introduction
- Automated administration across an enterprise
- Administrating resource health policies
- Administrating multiple Analysis Services using Tools
- Managing events capture to troubleshoot problems
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