What's New in SQL Server 2012
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- Upgrade your skills to the latest version of SQL Server
- Discover the new dimensional model in Analysis Services
- Utilize data alerts and render reports to the latest versions of Excel and Word
- Build packages to leverage the new features in the Integration Services environment
- Plan, load and simulate real-world database activity using Distributed Replay
Book Details
Language : EnglishPaperback : 238 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : October 2012
ISBN : 184968734X
ISBN 13 : 9781849687348
Author(s) : Rachel Clements, Jon Reade
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Beginner's Guides, Cookbooks, Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server
Table of Contents
PrefaceChapter 1: Installing SQL Server 2012
Chapter 2: SQL Server Administration
Chapter 3: Transact SQL
Chapter 4: Analysis Services
Chapter 5: Reporting Services
Chapter 6: Integration Services
Chapter 7: Data Quality Services
Chapter 8: AlwaysOn
Chapter 9: Distributed Replay
Chapter 10: Big Data and the Cloud
Index
- Chapter 1: Installing SQL Server 2012
- SQL Server 2012 Editions
- Enterprise Edition
- Standard Edition
- Business Intelligence Edition
- Licensing in the Cloud
- Developer Edition
- Express Edition
- Obtaining SQL Server 2012
- Evaluation
- Retail
- Navigating the Installation Process
- Summary
- Chapter 2: SQL Server Administration
- Management Studio keyboard shortcuts
- New Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)
- The new OS Volume Stats DMV
- Spatial indexes
- Columnstore indexes
- Creating a columnstore index
- Restrictions
- Contained databases
- Making an existing database partially contained
- Migrating your logins to a contained database
- Contained database security
- Security management
- Default schemas for groups
- User defined server roles
- SQL Server Audit enhancements
- Master Data Services (MDS)
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Transact SQL
- String functions
- CONCAT
- FORMAT
- Datetime functions
- EOMONTH
- DATEFROMPARTS
- TIMEFROMPARTS
- DATETIMEFROMPARTS
- DATETIMEOFFSETFROMPARTS
- Conversion functions
- TRY_PARSE
- PARSE
- IIF
- OFFSET and FETCH
- SEQUENCE
- WITH RESULT SETS
- Error handling with THROW
- FileTable table type
- New T-SQL analytical functions
- FIRST_VALUE
- LAST_VALUE
- LAG
- LEAD
- SQL Server Data Tools
- Database Projects
- Support for SQL Server 2005, 2008 and SQL Azure
- IntelliSense and debugging
- Installing SQL Server Data Tools
- Installing without Visual Studio 2010 pre-installed
- Installing with Visual Studio 2010 pre-installed
- Creating a new project
- Creating database projects
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Analysis Services
- Business Intelligence Semantic Model
- The three models
- Multidimensional and data mining model
- Creating a multidimensional model database
- Tabular model
- Tabular model database
- The xVelocity tabular engine mode
- Creating a tabular model database
- PowerPivot for the SharePoint model
- Installing a model
- Multidimensional and Tabular models
- PowerPivot for SharePoint
- Determining a previously installed model
- Resource usage reporting
- Extended Events for Analysis Services
- String store constraint
- Using scalable string storage
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Reporting Services
- Deprecated features
- Power View and SharePoint modes
- Minority Reporting Services
- Data Alerts
- Report Builder 2012
- Excel Renderer for Excel 2007-2010
- Word Renderer for Word 2007-2010
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Integration Services
- SSISDB – the SSIS Catalog database
- Introducing the ssis_admin role
- Giving users access to integration services
- Fixed database-level roles
- Upgrading from SQL Server 2005 and 2008
- New functions
- Shared connection managers
- Adding a connection manager at the package level
- Changing the scope of a connection manager
- Enhancements to the Flat File Connection Manager
- Undo and redo
- Deployment models
- Validating a project or package
- Querying the SSISDB
- Comparing and merging packages
- Color coded and indicator status codes
- Package execution logs
- How to set up basic SSIS logging
- View the results of logging
- Package execution reports
- Expression indicators
- Change Data Capture support
- Data taps
- Setting up a Data Tap
- Deprecated features
- Resources
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Data Quality Services
- Reasons for using Data Quality Services
- Installing Data Quality Services
- Enabling TCP/IP for remote access to the DQS server
- Making data accessible for DQS operations
- Granting a DQS role on DQS_Main for DQS users
- Using Data Quality Services
- Understanding domains
- Coupling rules to data: the Data Quality Project
- Identifying invalid records and columns
- DQS versus T-SQL
- Resources
- Summary
- Chapter 8: AlwaysOn
- Mirroring, clustering and availability groups
- Availability groups
- Availability group restrictions
- Availability group advantages
- Using availability groups
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Distributed Replay
- Terminology
- Distributed Replay
- Trace file
- Intermediate file
- Controller
- Client
- Target
- DReplay
- Architecture
- Distributed Replay – a hands on example
- Installation
- Usage
- Capture
- Preprocess
- Replay
- Configuration
- Monitoring
- Canceling
- Additional resources
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Big Data and the Cloud
- Measure twice, cut once
- SQL Azure: SQL Server in the cloud
- Reasons for migrating to the cloud
- SQL Azure suitability
- How SQL Azure differs from hosted web and database services
- Differences between a public and private cloud
- Migrating a database to SQL Azure
- Public cloud costs
- Differences between SQL Azure and SQL Server Standard/Enterprise editions
- Using SQL Azure
- New skills
- SQL Azure and the future of databases
- Big data and Hadoop: horses for courses
- What is big data?
- The need for big data platforms
- Is SQL Server redundant?
- About Hadoop
- About Hive
- Differences in the Microsoft environment
- Hadoop and OLTP
- Getting started with Hadoop
- The Microsoft Hadoop/Sqoop connector
- Notes on the Microsoft Hadoop/Sqoop connector
- Summary
- A final word from the authors
Rachel Clements
Jon Reade
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- Learn how to install SQL Server 2012 core database features and advanced services
- Master day to day administration tasks in the new SQL Server Management Studio
- Take command of Transact SQL’s new keywords and functions
- Explore the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) new development environment
- Find out about the new FileTable data type
- Learn about the Business Intelligence Semantic Models (BISM) in Analysis Services
- Take advantage of Reporting Services Data Alerts
- Find out about the new SSIS catalog, the SSIS Admin security role and how to upgrade from previous versions
- Create a Data Quality Services (DQS) project and cleanse real-world data
- Understand the new AlwaysOn Availability Features
- Test new hardware and vendor upgrades using Distributed Replay
- Discover the forthcoming Hadoop data platform and how to migrate to SQL Azure
Microsoft SQL Server has been part of the enterprise database landscape since SQL Server 7 arrived in 1998 and has evolved into the relational and BI platform of choice by businesses around the globe. The performance and full feature set of SQL Server has been widely recognized by the business community and it is viewed as a powerful weapon in their database and business intelligence arsenal. SQL Server brings numerous benefits to all businesses, central to which is a thorough understanding of the technology, both current and new.
This is the book both DBAs and developers always wanted to buy but could never find in the bookstore. This is a SQL Server book that contains only the new features introduced in SQL Server 2012.
This book will give you a competitive advantage by helping you to quickly learn and understand the new features of SQL Server 2012. Most readers will already have an established knowledge of SQL Server and will want to update their 2008/2008R2 knowledge swiftly with least pain.
This book takes you through all of the new features of SQL Server 2012, from installing core database services and features, to the new administration and updated Transact-SQL functions. You will discover the new Analysis Services features, introduce data alerts and reporting features and explore the new enhancements to Integration Services. In addition you will learn how to automate, cleanse and transform critical business data with DQS and world-class enterprise level availability features.
Finally, you will venture into simulating real-world database loads using Distributed Replay and complete your journey with a look at the new SQL Server cloud services and the new Hadoop big data platform.
This is a hands-on book to quickly get you up to speed with SQL Server 2012. It covers all the new features of the core database engine as well as the business intelligence (BI) services.
The book begins by taking you step-by-step through the installation process, showing you what to install and which services and features you need. Once you have your SQL Server in place, you learn how to administer it and then explore new T-SQL functions to expand your query-writing toolkit. You will discover how the enhancements to Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services make developing BI solutions easier. It will then introduce you to SQL Server Data Tools, your new and improved development environment for creating database and BI projects.
A hands-on example guides you through the steps required to run Distributed Replay, giving you the experience you need to apply this in the field. The book then takes you through a detailed example to show you how to create a Data Quality Services project and cleanse real-world data. Easy to follow code samples provide you with the queries you need to set up Availability Groups using the new AlwaysOn technology.
Once you are comfortable with these new features you will be ready to migrate your data to the cloud and into SQL Azure. An exploration of Hadoop will help you understand big data and how it really is the next big thing.
This concise reference is for database administrators, SQL Server Developers and BI professionals. Anyone who is familiar with SQL Server 2008 R2 and needs to make the jump to the latest version with the shortest learning curve will find this book useful.
