Table of Contents
Part I: Welcome to Microsoft SQL Server
1 SQL Server 2008 Overview
2 What's New in SQL Server 2008
3 Examples of SQL Server Implementations
Part II: SQL Server Tools and Utilities
4 SQL Server Management Studio
5 SQL Server Command-Line Utilities
6 SQL Server Profiler
Part III: SQL Server Administration
7 SQL Server System and Database Administration
8 Installing SQL Server 2008
9 Upgrading to SQL Server 2008
10 Client Installation and Configuration
11 Security and User Administration
12 Data Security
13 Security and Compliance
14 Database Backup and Restore
15 Database Mail
16 SQL Server Scheduling and Notification
17 Automating SQL Server Tasks using PowerShell
18 SQL Server High Availability
19 Replication
20 Database Mirroring
21 SQL Server Clustering
Part IV: Database Administration
22 Creating and Managing Databases
23 Creating and Managing Tables
24 Creating and Managing Indexes
25 Implementing Data Integrity
26 Creating and Managing Views in SQL Server
27 Creating and Managing Stored Procedures
28 Creating and Managing User-Defined Functions
29 Creating and Managing Triggers
30 Transaction Management and the Transaction Log
31 Database Snapshots
32 Database Maintenance
Part V: SQL Server Performance and Optimization
33 Data Structures,Indexes and Performance
34 Understanding Query Optimization
35 Query Analysis
36 Locking and Performance
37 Database Design and Performance
38 Monitoring SQL Server Performance
39 A Performance and Tuning Methodology
40 What's New for Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2008
41 Creating .Net CLR Objects in SQL Server 2008
42 Using XML in SQL Server 2008
Part VII: SQL Server Business Intelligence Features
43 SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
44 SQL Server Integration Services
45 SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
Part VIII: Bonus Chapters on the CD
46 Managing Linked and Remote Servers
47 Configuring, Tuning, and Optimizing SQL Server Options
48 Administering Very Large SQL Server Databases
49 SQL Server Disaster Recovery Planning
50 Transact-SQL Programming Guidelines, Tips, and Tricks
51 SQL Server and the .NET Framework
52 SQL Server Web Services
53 SQL Server Service Broker
54 SQL Server Full-Text Search
