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Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2019

By : Kellyn Gorman, Allan Hirt, Dave Noderer, Mitchell Pearson, James Rowland-Jones, Dustin Ryan, Arun Sirpal, Buck Woody
Book Image

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2019

By: Kellyn Gorman, Allan Hirt, Dave Noderer, Mitchell Pearson, James Rowland-Jones, Dustin Ryan, Arun Sirpal, Buck Woody

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

2. Enterprise Security

Securing sensitive data and staying compliant with industry regulations such as PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is very important. A compromised database system can lead to a loss of revenue, regulatory fines, and a negative impact on the reputation of your business.

Tracking compliance and maintaining database security requires significant admin resources. SQL Server 2019 has tools such as Data Discovery and Classification, and SQL Vulnerability Assessment tools that allow DBAs to identify compliance issues and tag and classify specific datasets to ensure compliance.

SQL Server 2019 offers many security features that address these challenges, such as TDE (Transparent Data Encryption), Always Encrypted, Auditing, Dynamic Data Masking and Row-Level Security.

Combined with further enhancements to certificate management in SQL Server 2019, support for TLS 1.2, and confidential computing...