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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)

Exploring new capabilities

While the features and visualizations available in previous versions of SSRS and Power BI Report Server continue to be available in the latest release of Power BI Report Server, there are many new and important features that have been introduced to Power BI Report Server during the last year. In this section, we'll focus on just a few of the dozens of important new features released over the past 12 months.

Performance Analyzer

Using the Performance Analyzer in Power BI Desktop, you can quickly and easily discover how each of your report elements, such as visualizations and DAX formulas, is performing. The Performance Analyzer inspects and displays the processing time necessary for updating and refreshing all the visuals that a user interaction initiates, and presents the information so that you can view, drill down, and export the results. This means that you can quickly identify the performance impact of specific visual elements.

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