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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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Overview of this book

This is an easytofollow handson tutorial that includes real world examples of SQL Server 2014's new features. Each chapter is explained in a stepbystep manner which guides you to implement the new technology. If you want to create an highly efficient database server then this book is for you. This book is for database professionals and system administrators who want to use the added features of SQL Server 2014 to create a hybrid environment, which is both highly available and allows you to get the best performance from your databases.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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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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Summary
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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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Creating Availability Group

With a Windows cluster built and each node configured for an AlwaysOn Availability Group, you will learn next to create an Availability Group in SQL Server 2014. You will then build the Availability Group and create a secondary replica using Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines.

On the instance you initially want to be the primary replica, connect in Management Studio's Object Explorer, expand the AlwaysOn High Availability folder, right-click on the Availability Groups folder, and choose Always On Availability Group Wizard. The first screen explains what the wizard will implement; click on Next. On the second screen, you will specify a name for your Availability Group; in this case, it is called AlwaysOnDBs. This can be seen in the following screenshot:

On the next screen, you will choose which databases to include in your Availability Group. In this example, two databases called DB1 and DB2 will form the databases in the Availability Group. There are some prerequisites...

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