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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
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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

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)

Introduction to Azure Analysis Services

AAS is a fully managed Platform as a Service (PaaS) based on SQL Server Analysis Services tabular models to provide enterprise-grade data models in the cloud. AAS uses the same advanced mashup and modeling engine built into SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services to supporting combining data from multiple sources, defining metrics, and securing your data in a tabular semantic data model.

AAS supports tabular models at the 1,200 compatibility level and higher. It is compatible with many great features that you may already be familiar with in SQL Server Analysis Services Enterprise Edition, including partitions, perspectives, row-level and object-level security, bidirectional and many-to-many relationships, calculation groups, DirectQuery mode, and more.

Selecting the right tier

AAS is available in three different tiers, with each tier offering different amounts of processing power, Query Performance Units (QPUs), and memory size:

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