Explore the impressive storage and analytic tools available with the in-cloud and on-premises versions of Microsoft SQL Server 2019.
Key Features
- Gain insights into what’s new in SQL Server 2019
- Understand use cases and customer scenarios that can be implemented with SQL Server 2019
- Discover new cross-platform tools that simplify management and analysis
Book Description
Microsoft SQL Server comes equipped with industry-leading features and the best online transaction processing capabilities. If you are looking to work with data processing and management, getting up to speed with Microsoft Server 2019 is key.
Introducing SQL Server 2019 takes you through the latest features in SQL Server 2019 and their importance. You will learn to unlock faster querying speeds and understand how to leverage the new and improved security features to build robust data management solutions. Further chapters will assist you with integrating, managing, and analyzing all data, including relational, NoSQL, and unstructured big data using SQL Server 2019. Dedicated sections in the book will also demonstrate how you can use SQL Server 2019 to leverage data processing platforms, such as Apache Hadoop and Spark, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes to control your data and efficiently monitor it.
By the end of this book, you'll be well versed with all the features of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and understand how to use them confidently to build robust data management solutions.
What you will learn
- Build a custom container image with a Dockerfile
- Deploy and run the SQL Server 2019 container image
- Understand how to use SQL server on Linux
- Migrate existing paginated reports to Power BI Report Server
- Learn to query Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) data using Azure Data Studio
- Understand the benefits of In-Memory OLTP
Who this book is for
This book is for database administrators, architects, big data engineers, or anyone who has experience with SQL Server and wants to explore and implement the new features in SQL Server 2019. Basic working knowledge of SQL Server and relational database management system (RDBMS) is required.
Kellyn Gorman is a Customer Success Engineer at Microsoft specializing on Oracle and data platforms on Azure. An alumnus of both Microsoft's Idera ACE and Oracle ACE Director programs, a Friend of Redgate, she has been recognized with numerous awards over the years for her technical contributions and community volunteerism. She is one of only six women part of the Oak Table, a network for the Oracle scientist. She has extensive experience in environment migrations, optimization, automation and architecture. Kellyn is well known for her technical content and thought leadership through her presentations, keynotes, webinars, publications and engaging with her on social media presence as DBAKevlar or her blog.
Consultant, trainer, author, business continuity expert, and SQLHA, LLC founder Allan Hirt has been working with both SQL Server since 1992 when it was still a Sybase product as well as clustering in Windows Server since the late 1990s when it was called Wolfpack. Currently a dual Microsoft MVP (Data Platform; Cloud and Datacenter Management) as well as a VMware vExpert, Allan travels around the world to work with customers, deliver training, speak at events, and have a few laughs along the way.
Dave Noderer is a software developer and the CEO / President and founder of Computer Ways, Inc., a software development company since 1994. He is the leader of FlaDotNet holding monthly developer meetup, was a Microsoft MVP for 16 years, and is a co-founder of the Microsoft Cloud South Florida User Group. In 2005 he held the first South Florida Code Camp. This annual, free event now called the South Florida Software Developer Conference attracts over 1000 developers.
