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SQL Server on Linux

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SQL Server on Linux

Overview of this book

Microsoft's launch of SQL Server on Linux has made SQL Server a truly versatile platform across different operating systems and data-types, both on-premise and on-cloud. This book is your handy guide to setting up and implementing your SQL Server solution on the open source Linux platform. You will start by understanding how SQL Server can be installed on supported and unsupported Linux distributions. Then you will brush up your SQL Server skills by creating and querying database objects and implementing basic administration tasks to support business continuity, including security and performance optimization. This book will also take you beyond the basics and highlight some advanced topics such as in-memory OLTP and temporal tables. By the end of this book, you will be able to recognize and utilize the full potential of setting up an efficient SQL Server database solution in your Linux environment.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Summary

Protecting data is the most important thing in database environments. When all security elements fail (for instance, installation errors, authentication, authorization, bad access policy, and so on), there is no more protection. This chapter looked at how to implement advanced techniques for protecting data, such as cryptography and advanced built-in SQL Server on Linux security features.

In the next chapter, we will introduce the basic elements of SQL Server indexing.