SQL Server 2019 Administration Inside Out
Inside Out Series

Dive into SQL Server 2019 administration?and really put your SQL Server DBA expertise to work. This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, tips, and workarounds?all you need to plan, implement, manage, and secure SQL Server 2019 in any production environment: on-premises, cloud, or hybrid. Six experts thoroughly tour DBA capabilities available in SQL Server 2019 Database Engine, SQL Server Data Tools, SQL Server Management Studio, PowerShell, and Azure Portal. You?ll find extensive new coverage

of Azure SQL, big data clusters, PolyBase, data protection, automation, and more. Discover how experts tackle today?s essential tasks?and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery.

• Explore SQL Server 2019?s toolset, including the improved SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Data Studio, and Configuration Manager
• Design, implement, manage, and govern on-premises, hybrid, or Azure database infrastructures
• Install and configure SQL Server on Windows and Linux
• Master modern maintenance and monitoring with extended events, Resource Governor, and the SQL Assessment API
• Automate tasks with maintenance plans, PowerShell, Policy-Based Management, and more
• Plan and manage data recovery, including hybrid backup/restore, Azure SQL Database recovery, and geo-replication
• Use availability groups for high availability and disaster recovery
• Protect data with Transparent Data Encryption, Always Encrypted, new Certificate Management capabilities, and other advances
• Optimize databases with SQL Server 2019?s advanced performance and indexing features
• Provision and operate Azure SQL Database and its managed instances
•  Move SQL Server workloads to Azure: planning, testing, migration, and post-migration

• Part I Introduction
• Chapter 1 Getting started with SQL Server tools
• Chapter 2 Introducing database server components
• Chapter 3 Designing and implementing an on-premises database infrastructure
• Part II Deployment
• Chapter 4 Installing and Configuring SQL Server Instances and Features
• Chapter 5 Installing and configuring SQL Server on Linux
• Chapter 6 Provisioning and Configuring SQL Server Databases
• Chapter 7 Understanding Table Features
• Part III SQL Server Management
• Chapter 8 Maintaining and monitoring SQL Server
• Chapter 9 Automating SQL Server administration
• Chapter 10 Developing, deploying, and managing data recovery
• Chapter 11 Implementing high availability and disaster recovery
• Part IV Security
• Chapter 12 Administering security and permissions
• Chapter 13 Protecting data through encryption, privacy and auditing
• Part V Performance
• Chapter 14 Performance tuning SQL Server
• Chapter 15 Understanding and designing indexes
• Part VI Cloud
• Chapter 16 Designing and implementing hybrid and Azure database infrastructure
• Chapter 17 Provisioning Azure SQL Database
• Chapter 18 Provisioning Azure SQL Database managed instance
• Chapter 19 Migrating to SQL Server solutions in Azure
• Part VII Big Data and Machine Learning Leveraging Big Data and Machine Learning

Randolph West (they / them) is a technologist and Data Platform MVP from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and hates writing in the third person because pronouns suck. Randolph is the founder of the Calgary Data User Group, and leader of the Calgary PASS User Group. You can see Randolph presenting at various conferences around the world, and acting on stage and screen. Randolph specializes in implementing best practices, performance tuning, disaster recovery, cloud migrations, software development, and yelling at Microsoft Word. If you’re interested in becoming a public speaker, check out SpeakingMentors.com. Blog: bornsql.ca/blog. Twitter: @_randolph_west. Not to be trusted around chocolate.

Melody Zacharias has worked with SQL Server since version 7, and she is very passionate about all things data! As a Microsoft MVP Melody loves to share her passion with users around the world by teaching at events, working within the SQL community, and mentoring. When not working with data she loves to hike with her dog in the Canadian Rockies. You can find her on her blog at SQLMelody.com where she shares musings on how to make SQL sing, or sometimes just carry a tune, or on Twitter @SQLMelody.

William Assaf (he/him) is a Microsoft SQL Server consultant, speaker, and manager, and blogs about SQL at sqltact.com. William has been a developer, admin, and consultant for databases around the world, having launched from in-house DBA to consulting DBA thanks to the recession. He has helped develop Microsoft SQL Server certification exams since 2012, has been a Regional Mentor for PASS since 2015, and just stepped down from being the lead organizer of SQLSaturday Baton Rouge after a decade leading one of the largest SQLSat events in the world, and the only one with jambalaya. William enjoys volunteering for STEM initiatives as well as g

• Includes coverage of features introduced in SQL Server 2019
• Serves as a complete reference for the modern SQL DBA
• Readers can upgrade SQL Server Administration skillset to SQL Server 2019, plus Azure SQL Databases, Azure SQL Database Managed Instances, and SQL on Linux
• Covers Migration strategies, automation with PowerShell, and proven implementation strategies for High Availability solutions