<>Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed offers comprehensive coverage of SQL Server 2005 that goes beyond the basic syntax and information you'll find in the product manuals, providing in-depth information derived from the authors' real-world experience to help you build upon your working knowledge of the product and take your experience and knowledge to a higher level. This book focuses primarily on the information needed by system and database administrators, as well as for users with overlapping duties as both DBA and developer. Included is extensive coverage of the new features and upgraded tools and capabilities of SQL Server 2005, including .NET Framework integration, Integration Services, Service Broker, Database Mirroring and Snapshots, and Reporting Services.



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Installing, upgrading, and administering SQL Server 2005
Database maintenance, backup, and recovery
Creating and managing tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions
Database and index design
SQL Server query optimization, and performance monitoring and tuning
Transactions, transaction management, and distributed transactions
SQL Server Management Studio-NEW!
SQL Server Notification Services; Integration Services-NEW!; Analysis Services; Reporting Services-NEW!; Web Services-NEW!
SQL Server Service Broker-NEW!
SQL Server and Microsoft .NET Framework integration, including CLR-based stored procedures, functions, and triggers-NEW!
SQL Server high availability and SQL Server clustering and replication
Database Mirroring-NEW!
Database Snapshots-NEW!
Using XML in SQL Server 2005
SQL Server tools and utilities



CD-ROM includes



8 bonus chapters covering topics such as Notification Services, Service Broker, and Full-Text Search
Code samples, scripts, and sample databases
A PDF version of the entire book





Introduction


Part I Welcome to Microsoft SQL Server

1 SQL Server 2005 Overview

2 What's New in SQL Server 2005

Part II SQL Server Tools and Utilities

3 SQL Server Management Studio

4 SQL Server Command-Line Utilities


5 SQL Server Profiler

Part III SQL Server Administration

6 SQL Server System and Database Administration


7 Installing SQL Server 2005


8 Upgrading to SQL Server 2005

9 Client Installation and Configuration

10 Security and User Administration

11 Database Backup and Restore


12 Database Mail

13 SQL Server Scheduling and Notification

14 SQL Server High Availability.


15 Replication

16 Database Mirroring

17 SQL Server Clustering

Part IV Database Administration

18 Creating and Managing Databases

19 Creating and Managing Tables

20 Creating and Managing Indexes

21 Implementing Data Integrity

22 Creating and Managing Views in SQL Server

23 Creating and Managing Stored Procedures

24 Creating and Managing User-Defined Functions

25 Creating and Managing Triggers

26 Transaction Management and the Transaction Log

27 Database Snapshots


28 Database Maintenance

Part V SQL Server Performance and Optimization

29 Indexes and Performance

30 Understanding Query Optimization

31 Query Analysis

32 Locking and Performance

33 Database Design and Performance


34 Monitoring SQL Server Performance


Part VI SQL Server Application Development

35 What's New for Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2005

36 SQL Server and the .NET Framework


37 Using XML in SQL Server 2005

38 SQL Server Web Services

Part VII SQL Server Business Intelligence Features

39 SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

40 SQL Server Integration Services


41 SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services


Bonus Chapters on the CD

42 Managing Linked and Remote Servers


43 Configuring, Tuning, and Optimizing SQL Server Options

44 Administering Very Large SQL Server Databases


45 SQL Server Disaster Recovery Planning


46 Transact-SQL Programming Guidelines, Tips, and Tricks

47 SQL Server Notification Services


48 SQL Server Service Broker

49 SQL Server Full-Text Search


Index