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SQL Server Internals: In-Memory OLTP

In this book Kalen Delaney introduces and explains how the 2016 In-Memory OLTP engine works. The Hekaton internals knowledge offered in this book will help...

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Book Review: The Phoenix Project

After hearing from Grant Fritchey that "Anyone who wants to know what DevOps really means should read this" Claire Brooking picked up a copy of...

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119 SQL Code Smells

Once you've done a number of SQL code-reviews, you'll be able to identify signs in the code that indicate all might not be well. These...

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SQL Server Source Control Basics

For efficient team-based database development, and reliable and repeatable database deployments, source control is not optional. This book provides just the right combination of theory...

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SQL Server Performance Tuning Using Wait Statistics: A Beginner’s Guide

This beginner's guide by Jonathan Kehayias and Erin Stellato covers the basics of using wait statistics; topics include the SQLOS scheduler, performance tuning, baselines, and...

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Book Review: Optimizing And Troubleshooting Hyper V Networking 2013

If you want to learn how to optimize and troubleshoot Hyper-V, then this book, written by Microsoft people whose day job is to assist customers...

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Fundamentals of SQL Server 2012 Replication by Sebastian Meine

Fundamentals of SQL Server 2012 Replication provides a hands-on introduction to SQL Server replication. The book begins with a short overview that introduces you to...

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Some Books on Programming SQL Server 2012

It is a measure of the range of facilities that are available to the database developer nowadays that three different books on the same general...

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Book Review: Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook is a comprehensive resource for administrators and consultants looking for practical examples of Hyper-V technology. Beginners unfamiliar with Hyper-V and...

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Book Review: Pro SQL Server 2012 Relational Database Design and Implementation

A book on Relational Database Design and Implementation is always welcome, especially when written by one of Simple-Talk's most popular authors, Louis Davidson. Bob Sheldon...

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Book Review: Troubleshooting SQL Server: A Guide for the Accidental DBA by Jonathan Kehayias and Ted Kreuger

Experienced DBAs have a wealth of experience to rely on when it's time to troubleshoot a problem, but it can be harder if you're just...

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The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM by Jacob Sebastian and Sven Aelterman

FILESTREAM is implemented as an extension to the VARBINARY(MAX) data type and allows large object data to be stored in a special folder on the...

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SQL Server Execution Plans, Second Edition, by Grant Fritchey

Every Database Administrator, developer, report writer, and anyone else who writes T-SQL to access SQL Server data, must understand how to read and interpret execution...

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SQL Server Transaction Log Management by Tony Davis and Gail Shaw

When things go wrong, a DBA's reputation depends on an understanding of the transaction log, both what it does, and how it works. An effective...

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Book Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible

A broad topic requires a thick book. the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible is the work of several authors and comes to 59 chapters, yet...

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SQL Server Concurrency: Locking, Blocking and Row Versioning

Your application can have impeachable indexes and queries, but they won't help you if you can't get to your data because another application has it...

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Book Review: SQL and Relational Theory by C. J. Date

SQL and Relational Theory, by Chris Date, isn't likely to be a book that SQL's greatest defender, Joe Celko, would agree with. However, following the...

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Book Review: SQL Server Hardware by Glenn Berry

Brad finds Glenn Berry's 'SQL Server Hardware' book to be a valuable reference, not so much for the actual hardware recommendations which will always go...

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Under the Hood of .NET Memory Management

As well-engineered as the .NET framework is, it's not perfect, and it doesn't always get memory management right. To write truly fantastic software, you need...

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Exchange 2010 SP1 – A Practical Approach

This update of Jaap Wessellius' popular guide to Exchange 2010 covers everything you need to know to install, run and maintain Exchange 2010 SP1.…

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