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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)

2019 platform support

With SQL Server 2019, support is offered for a list of robust and well-known Linux distributions:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (versions 7.3-7.6)
  • SUSE Enterprise Linux Server v12 SP2
  • Ubuntu 16.04 Long-Term Support (LTS)

These distributions are supported on drive formats XFS or EXT4 and can be used in conjunction with Docker 1.8 on Windows, Mac, or Linux with your favorite platform of Linux container.

There is a wide array of Linux distributions available for installation, and you might be tempted to run SQL Server 2019 on a distribution that's not listed in the certification matrix. Outside of testing an installation, it's best to avoid non-certified Linux distributions for any production use of SQL Server 2019 in your environment. The certification matrix isn't a statement of the stability of any one Linux distribution platform over another, but you can guarantee the ones listed have been tested thoroughly by the SQL Server...