Maintain and manage the SQL Server data platform with Packt's new book

June 2011 | Enterprise, Microsoft

Packt is pleased to announce a new book, the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration Cookbook which outlines advanced administration techniques for a high-performance SQL Server 2008 R2 system. Written by Satya Shyam K Jayanty, this book covers the essential manageability, programmability, and security features of SQL Server 2008.

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational model database server produced by Microsoft. SQL Server integrates services and reporting features that enable users to do more with their data such as query, search, synchronize, report, and analyze. SQL Server 2008 R2 accelerates the capabilities to scale database operations.

The book consists of over 85 practical, task-based, and useable recipes, and covers a range of techniques for administering a high-performance SQL Server 2008 R2 system. It provides an overview of SQL Server 2008 R2 technologies, features, and solutions, and delves into topics such as administration of core Business Intelligence Services, and management of core SQL Server 2008 R2 technologies among others.

The book helps implement the inter-operability of SQL Server Analysis Services and SQL Server Reporting Services with SharePoint 2010 services. Users will be able to manage and administer core SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Services, and will learn to automate administration tasks and build troubleshooting techniques on a multi-instance and multi-database environment.

Database administrator and architects interested in designing, administering, and managing a high-performance SQL Server 2008 R2 system will find this book to be an interesting and beneficial read. This book is out now and is available from Packt. For more information, please visit www.PacktPub.com/microsoft-sql-server-2008-r2-administration- cookbook/book

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration Cookbook