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
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)

Replication to Azure SQL Database

One of Azure's most successful technologies within the database ecosystem is Azure SQL Database. One of the main advantages of this technology is that it completely removes the physical administration that you are probably used to with on-premises SQL Server. We no longer need to manage the hardware, storage, backups, operating system, and the database software itself. Even tasks such as consistency checks (DBCC CHECKDB) are Microsoft's responsibility. This frees you up for other important tasks, such as query optimization and indexing strategies, where you can really focus on making your application faster. The other key driving factor for the move to Azure SQL Database is the built-in, fault-tolerant, highly available infrastructure that equates to a 99.99% uptime SLA guarantee.

You shouldn't be surprised to hear that Microsoft has a cloud-first strategy. With the fact that Azure SQL Database shares the same codebase as on-premises...