SQL Server 2008 represents a sizable jump forward in scalability,
performance, and usability for the DBA, developer, and business
intelligence (BI) developer. It is no longer unheard of to have
20-terabyte databases running on a SQL Server. SQL Server administration
used to just be the job of a database administrator (DBA), but as SQL
Server proliferates throughout smaller companies, many developers have
begun to act as administrators as well. Additionally, some of the new
features in SQL Server are more developer-centric, and poor
configuration of these features can result in poor performance. SQL
Server now enables you to manage the policies on hundreds of SQL Servers
in your environment as if you were managing a single instance. We.ve
provided a comprehensive, tutorial-based book to get you over the
learning curve of how to configure and administer SQL Server 2008.
Whether you.re an administrator or developer using SQL Server, you can.t
avoid wearing a DBA hat at some point. Developers often have SQL Server
on their own workstations and must provide guidance to the administrator
about how they.d like the production configured. Oftentimes, they.re
responsible for creating the database tables and indexes. Administrators
or DBAs support the production servers and often inherit the database
from the developer. This book is intended for developers, DBAs, and
casual users who hope to administer or may already be administering a
SQL Server 2008 system and its business intelligence features, such as
Integration Services. This book is a professional book, meaning the
authors assume that you know the basics about how to query a SQL Server
and have some rudimentary concepts of SQL Server already. For example,
this book does not show you how to create a database or walk you through
the installation of SQL Server using the wizard. Instead, the author of
the installation chapter may provide insight into how to use some of the
more advanced concepts of the installation. Although this book does not
cover how to query a SQL Server database, it does cover how to tune the
queries you.ve already written. The first ten chapters of the book are
about administering the various areas of SQL Server, including the
developer and business intelligence features.

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