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Getting Started with SQL Server 2014 Administration

Getting Started with SQL Server 2014 Administration

By : Gethyn Ellis
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Getting Started with SQL Server 2014 Administration

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By: Gethyn Ellis
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Getting Started with SQL Server 2014 Administration
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Getting Started with SQL Server 2014 Administration
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
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Preface
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Preface
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SQL Server 2014 and Cloud
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SQL Server 2014 and Cloud
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Windows Azure SQL Database
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Integrating Microsoft Azure Storage
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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
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Summary
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Backup and Restore Improvements
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Backup and Restore Improvements
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Database backups to a URL and Microsoft Azure Storage
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Restoring a backup stored on Windows Azure Storage
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SQL Server Managed Backup to Microsoft Azure
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Encryption
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Summary
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In-Memory Optimized Tables
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In-Memory Optimized Tables
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Requirements
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Virtualized environments
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Memory-optimized tables
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Delayed Durability
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Delayed Durability
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Understanding the full transaction durability
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Understanding the delayed transaction durability
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Full Durability versus Delayed Durability
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Using delayed transaction durability
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Delayed Durability and transaction log flush
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Delayed Durability and potential data loss
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Delayed Durability and other SQL Server components
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Summary
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AlwaysOn Availability Groups
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AlwaysOn Availability Groups
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Introducing AlwaysOn Availability Groups
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Enhancements in AlwaysOn Availability Groups
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Using Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines as replicas
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Building AlwaysOn Availability Groups
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Creating Availability Group
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Troubleshooting Availability Groups
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Creating a cloud-based AlwaysOn Availability Group
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Performance Improvements
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Performance Improvements
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Partition switching and indexing
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Columnstore indexes
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Buffer pool extensions
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Cardinality estimator and query plans
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Statistics
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Resource Governor
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Index
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Index

Encryption

For the first time in SQL Server, you can encrypt your backups using the native SQL Server backup tool. In SQL Server 2014, the backup tool supports several encryption algorithms, including AES 128, AES 192, AES 256, and Triple DES. You will need a certificate or an asymmetric key when taking encrypted backups. Obviously, there are a number of benefits to encrypting your SQL Server database backups, including securing the data in the database. This can also be very useful if you are using transparent data encryption (TDE) to protect your database's data files. Encryption is also supported using SQL Server Managed Backup to Microsoft Azure.

Creating an encrypted backup

To create an encrypted SQL Server backup, there are a few prerequisites that you need to ensure are set up on the SQL Server.

Creating a database master key for the master database

Creating the database master key is important because it is used to protect the private key certificate and the asymmetric keys that are...

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