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<li>Develop solutions that support business strategy</li> <li>Design attributes and define entities and entity relationships</li> <li>Create programmatic database objects using T-SQL and CLR </li> <li>Define data access requirements and work with schemas to manage objects</li> <li>Design reporting solutions with SQL Server Reporting Services</li> <li>Plan for unit testing, benchmarking, and deployment</li> </ul>
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<li>15% exam discount from Microsoft. (Limited time offer). Details inside. </li> <li>Official self-paced study guide.</li> <li>Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results.</li> <li>200+ practice and review questions.</li> <li>Case scenarios, practice exercises, and best practices.</li> <li>180-day evaluation version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.</li> <li>Fully searchable eBook of this guide.</li> </ul>
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MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-441): Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005: Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Computers & Technology

Sarka, Dejan

Learning, Solid Quality

Leonard, Andy

Loria, Javier

Wiernik, Adolfo

Certification

Microsoft Press

<p>Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-448—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time. <br><br> Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to: <br><br></p>
<ul>
<li>Create SSIS packages; troubleshoot data flow and control flow </li>
<li>Configure, debug, and deploy SSIS solutions </li>
<li>Develop SSAS cubes for OLAP and data mining services </li>
<li>Implement custom logic with MDX </li>
<li>Optimize storage design and query performance </li>
<li>Create SSRS reports; enable interactivity; write custom code </li>
<li>Manage the report environment </li>
<li>Configure security features for SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS </li>
</ul>
<br><br> Assess your skills with the practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies. <br><br> Your kit includes: <br><br><ul>
<li>Includes a 15% exam discount from Microsoft. (Limited time offer) </li>
<li>Official self-paced study guide. </li>
<li>Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results. </li>
<li>200 practice and review questions. </li>
<li>180-day trial of SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition. </li>
<li>Case scenarios, exercises, and best practices. </li>
<li>Fully searchable eBook of this guide, plus sample chapters from related books. </li>
</ul>
<br>

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-448): Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance

Lachev, Teo

Veerman, Erik

<p>Ace your preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-461 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with practice tests on CD–featuring multiple, customizable testing options. </p>
<p>Maximize your performance on the exam by learning how to: </p>
<ul>
<li>Create database objects </li>
<li>Work with data </li>
<li>Modify data </li>
<li>Troubleshoot and optimize queries </li> </ul>
<p>For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook. </p>

Training Kit (Exam 70-461) Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (MCSA) (Microsoft Press Training Kit)

Ben-Gan, Itzik

Talmage, Ron

<p>Ace your preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-463 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with online practice tests—featuring multiple, customizable testing options. </p>
<p>Maximize your performance on the exam by learning how to: </p>
<ul>
<li>Design and implement a data warehouse </li>
<li>Develop and enhance SQL Server Integration Services packages </li>
<li>Manage and maintain SQL Server Integration Services packages </li>
<li>Build data quality solutions </li>
<li>Implement custom code in SQL Server Integration Services packages </li>
</ul>
<br><br> For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Training Kit (Exam 70-463) Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (MCSA) (Microsoft Press Training Kit)

Lah, Matija

Jerkic, Grega

<b>T-SQL insiders help you tackle your toughest queries and query-tuning problems</b> <br>Squeeze maximum performance and efficiency from every T-SQL query you write or tune. Four leading experts take an in-depth look at T-SQL’s internal architecture and offer advanced practical techniques for optimizing response time and resource usage. Emphasizing a correct understanding of the language and its foundations, the authors present unique solutions they have spent years developing and refining. All code and techniques are fully updated to reflect new T-SQL enhancements in Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and SQL Server 2012.<br><br><b>Write faster, more efficient T-SQL code:</b> <br><ul>
<li>Move from procedural programming to the language of sets and logic</li> <li>Master an efficient top-down tuning methodology</li> <li>Assess algorithmic complexity to predict performance</li> <li>Compare data aggregation techniques, including new grouping sets</li> <li>Efficiently perform data-analysis calculations</li> <li>Make the most of T-SQL’s optimized bulk import tools</li> <li>Avoid date/time pitfalls that lead to buggy, poorly performing code</li> <li>Create optimized BI statistical queries without additional software</li> <li>Use programmable objects to accelerate queries</li> <li>Unlock major performance improvements with In-Memory OLTP</li> <li>Master useful and elegant approaches to manipulating graphs</li> </ul>
<br><b>About This Book</b> <br><ul>
<li>For experienced T-SQL practitioners</li> <li>Includes coverage updated from<b> <i> Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Querying</i> </b> and <b> <i>Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Programming</i> </b> </li> <li>Valuable to developers, DBAs, BI professionals, and data scientists</li> <li>Covers many MCSE 70-464 and MCSA/MCSE 70-461 exam topics</li> </ul>

T-SQL Querying (Developer Reference)

Machanic, Adam

Farlee, Kevin

Programming

<p>Learn about business intelligence (BI) features in T-SQL and how they can help you with data science and analytics efforts without the need to bring in other languages such as R and Python. This book shows you how to compute statistical measures using your existing skills in T-SQL. You will learn how to calculate descriptive statistics, including centers, spreads, skewness, and kurtosis of distributions. You will also learn to find associations between pairs of variables, including calculating linear regression formulas and confidence levels with definite integration.&nbsp; <div><br /> <div>No analysis is good without data quality. <b><i>Advanced Analytics with Transact-SQL</i></b>&nbsp;introduces data quality issues and shows you how to check for completeness and accuracy, and measure improvements in data quality over time. The book also explains how to optimize queries involving temporal data, such as when you search for overlapping intervals. More advanced time-oriented information in the book includes hazard and survival analysis.&nbsp;Forecasting with exponential moving averages and autoregression is covered as well.</div> <p>Every web/retail shop wants to know the products customers tend to buy together. Trying to predict the target discrete or continuous variable with few input variables is important for practically every type of business. This book helps you understand data science and the advanced algorithms use to analyze data, and terms such as&nbsp;data mining, machine learning, and text mining.<br /></p> <div><br /></div> <div>Key to many of the solutions in this book are T-SQL window functions. Author Dejan Sarka demonstrates efficient statistical queries that are based on window functions and optimized through algorithms built using mathematical knowledge and creativity. The formulas and usage of those statistical procedures are explained so you can understand and modify the techniques presented.&nbsp;</div> <div><br /></div> <div>T-SQL is supported in SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and in Azure Synapse Analytics. There are so many BI features in T-SQL that it might become your primary analytic database language. If you want to learn how to get information from your data with the T-SQL language that you already are familiar with, then this is the book for you.&nbsp;</div> </div> <div><br /></div> <div><br /></div> <div><b>What You Will Learn</b></div> <div> <ul> <li>Describe distribution of variables with statistical measures<br /></li> <li>Find associations between pairs of variables</li> <li>Evaluate the quality of the data you are analyzing</li> <li>Perform time-series analysis on your data</li> <li>Forecast values of a continuous variable</li> <li>Perform market-basket analysis to predict customer purchasing patterns</li> <li>Predict target variable outcomes from one or more input variables</li> <li>Categorize passages of text by extracting and analyzing keywords</li> </ul> </div> <div><br /></div> <div><br /></div> <div><b>Who This Book Is For</b></div> <div><b><br /></b></div> <div>Database developers and database administrators who want to translate their T-SQL skills into the world of business intelligence (BI) and data science. For readers who want to analyze large amounts of data efficiently by using their existing knowledge of T-SQL and Microsoft's various database platforms such as SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. Also for readers who want to improve their querying by learning new and original optimization techniques.<br /></div></p>

Advanced Analytics with Transact-SQL: Exploring Hidden Patterns and Rules in Your Data

Computer Science

Apress

<p><b>Harness the power of SQL Server 2017 Integration Services to build your data integration solutions with ease</b></p>About This Book<ul>
<li>Acquaint yourself with all the newly introduced features in SQL Server 2017 Integration Services</li>
<li>Program and extend your packages to enhance their functionality</li>
<li>This detailed, step-by-step guide covers everything you need to develop efficient data integration and data transformation solutions for your organization</li>
</ul>Who This Book Is For<p>This book is ideal for software engineers, DW/ETL architects, and ETL developers who need to create a new, or enhance an existing, ETL implementation with SQL Server 2017 Integration Services. This book would also be good for individuals who develop ETL solutions that use SSIS and are keen to learn the new features and capabilities in SSIS 2017.</p>What You Will Learn<ul>
<li>Understand the key components of an ETL solution using SQL Server 2016-2017 Integration Services</li>
<li>Design the architecture of a modern ETL solution</li>
<li>Have a good knowledge of the new capabilities and features added to Integration Services</li>
<li>Implement ETL solutions using Integration Services for both on-premises and Azure data</li>
<li>Improve the performance and scalability of an ETL solution</li>
<li>Enhance the ETL solution using a custom framework</li>
<li>Be able to work on the ETL solution with many other developers and have common design paradigms or techniques</li>
<li>Effectively use scripting to solve complex data issues</li>
</ul>In Detail<p>SQL Server Integration Services is a tool that facilitates data extraction, consolidation, and loading</p>

SQL Server 2017 Integration Services Cookbook: Powerful ETL techniques to load and transform data from almost any source

Coté, Christian

Networking & Cloud Computing

Packt Publishing

<p><b>Get the most out of the rich development capabilities of SQL Server 2016 to build efficient database applications for your organization</b></p>Key Features<ul>
<li>Utilize the new enhancements in Transact-SQL and security features in SQL Server 2016 to build efficient database applications</li>
<li>Work with temporal tables to get information about data stored in the table at any point in time</li>
<li>A detailed guide to SQL Server 2016, introducing you to multiple new features and enhancements to improve your overall development experience</li>
</ul>Book Description<p>Microsoft SQL Server 2016 is considered the biggest leap in the data platform history of the Microsoft, in the ongoing era of Big Data and data science. Compared to its predecessors, SQL Server 2016 offers developers a unique opportunity to leverage the advanced features and build applications that are robust, scalable, and easy to administer.</p>
<p>This book introduces you to new features of SQL Server 2016 which will open a completely new set of possibilities for you as a developer. It prepares you for the more advanced topics by starting with a quick introduction to SQL Server 2016's new features and a recapitulation of the possibilities you may have already explored with previous versions of SQL Server. The next part introduces you to small delights in the Transact-SQL language and then switches to a completely new technology inside SQL Server - JSON support. We also take a look at the Stretch database, security enhancements, and temporal tables.</p>
<p>The last chapters concentrate on implementing advanced topics, including Query Store, columnstore indexes, and In-Memory OLTP. You will finally be introduced to R and how to use the R language with Transact-SQL for data exploration and analysis.</p>
<p>By the end of this book, you will have the required information to design efficient, high-performance database applications without any hassle.</p>What you will learn<ul>
<li>Explore the new development features introduced in SQL Server 2016</li>
<li>Identify opportunities for In-Memory OLTP technology, significantly enhanced in SQL Server 2016</li>
<li>Use columnstore indexes to get significant storage and performance improvements</li>
<li>Extend database design solutions using temporal tables</li>
<li>Exchange JSON data between applications and SQL Server in a more efficient way</li>
<li>Migrate historical data transparently and securely to Microsoft Azure by using Stretch Database</li>
<li>Use the new security features to encrypt or to have more granular control over access to rows in a table</li>
<li>Simplify performance troubleshooting with Query Store</li>
<li>Discover the potential of R's integration with SQL Server</li>
</ul>Table of Contents<ol>
<li>Introduction to SQL Server 2016</li>
<li>Review of SQL Server Features for Developers</li>
<li>SQL Server Tools</li>
<li>Transact-SQL Enhancements</li>
<li>JSON Support in SQL Server</li>
<li>Stretch Database</li>
<li>Temporal Tables</li>
<li>Tightening the Security</li>
<li>Query Store</li>
<li>Columnstore Indexes</li>
<li>Introducing SQL Server In-Memory OLTP</li>
<li>In-Memory OLTP Improvements in SQL Server 2016</li>
<li>Supporting R in SQL Server</li>
<li>Data Exploration and Predictive Modeling with R in SQL Server</li>
</ol>

SQL Server 2016 Developer's Guide: Build efficient database applications for your organization with SQL Server 2016

Durkin, William

Radivojeviƒá, Milos

Programming Languages

<p><b>Build smarter and efficient database application systems for your organization with SQL Server 2017</b></p>Key Features<ul>
<li>Explore the development features of SQL Server 2017 to build database applications</li>
<li>Work with temporal tables to get information about data stored in a table at any point of time</li>
<li>Use adaptive querying to enhance the performance of your queries</li>
</ul>Book Description<p>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 is a milestone in Microsoft's data platform timeline, as it integrates the power of R and Python for machine learning and containerization-based deployment on Windows and Linux.</p>
<p>This book starts with a quick introduction to the new features of SQL Server 2017 to help you get up and running with its latest features. You’ll be introduced to the enhancements in Transact-SQL and new database engine capabilities before advancing to JSON support. This guide will also take you through security improvements and enable you to work efficiently with temporal tables. You’ll then delve into advanced topics such as Query Store, columnstore indexes, and In-Memory OLTP. Toward the end of the book, you'll delve into R and discover how to use the R language with Transact-SQL for data exploration and analysis. You'll also learn how to integrate Python code into SQL Server, understand graph database implementations, and explore the flexibility of containers for development and testing.</p>
<p>By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to design efficient high-performance database applications with SQL 2017 easily.</p>What you will learn<ul>
<li>Explore the latest development features in SQL Server 2017</li>
<li>Identify opportunities for In-Memory OLTP technology</li>
<li>Use columnstore indexes for storage and performance improvements</li>
<li>Exchange JSON data between applications and SQL Server</li>
<li>Encrypt or mask data using new security features</li>
<li>Control access to data on row levels</li>
<li>Discover the potential of R and Python integration</li>
<li>Model complex relationships with graph databases in SQL Server 2017</li>
</ul>Who This Book Is For<p>Database developers and solution architects looking to design efficient database applications using SQL Server 2017 will find this book useful. Also, if you’re an advanced analysis practitioner, business intelligence developer, or a database consultant dealing with performance tuning, this book is for you.</p>
<p>Basic understanding of database concepts and T-SQL will assist with understanding key concepts covered in this book.</p>Table of Contents<ol>
<li>Introduction to SQL Server 2017 9Introduction to SQL Server 2017</li>
<li>Review of SQL Server Features for Developers 23Review of SQL Server Features for Developers</li>
<li>SQL Server Tools 75SQL Server Tools</li>
<li>Transact-SQL and Database Engine Enhancements 115Transact-SQL and Database Engine Enhancements</li>
<li>JSON Support in SQL Server 187JSON Support in SQL Server</li>
<li>Stretch Database 241Stretch Database</li>
<li>Temporal Tables 289Temporal Tables</li>
<li>Tightening Security 353Tightening Security</li>
<li>Query Store 407Query Store</li>
<li>Columnstore Indexes 459Columnstore Indexes</li>
<li>Introducing SQL Server In-Memory OLTP 523Introducing SQL Server In-Memory OLTP</li>
<li>In-Memory OLTP Improvements in SQL Server 2017 557In-Memory OLTP Improvements in SQL Server 2017</li>
<li>Supporting R in SQL Server 593Supporting R in SQL Server</li>
<li>Data Exploration and Predictive Modeling with R 645Data Exploration and Predictive Modeling with R</li>
<li>Introducing Python 687Introducing Python</li>
<li>Graph Database 723Graph Database</li>
<li>Containers and SQL on Linux 767Containers and SQL on Linux</li>
</ol>

SQL Server 2017 Developer s Guide: A professional guide to designing and developing enterprise database applications

Radivojevic, Milos

<p><b>Leverage the power of SQL Server 2017 Integration Services to build data integration solutions with ease</b></p> Key Features <ul>
<li>Work with temporal tables to access information stored in a table at any time </li> <li>Get familiar with the latest features in SQL Server 2017 Integration Services </li> <li>Program and extend your packages to enhance their functionality</li>
</ul> Book Description <p>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 uses the power of R and Python for machine learning and containerization-based deployment on Windows and Linux. By learning how to use the features of SQL Server 2017 effectively, you can build scalable apps and easily perform data integration and transformation. </p> <p>You'll start by brushing up on the features of SQL Server 2017. This Learning Path will then demonstrate how you can use Query Store, columnstore indexes, and In-Memory OLTP in your apps. You'll also learn to integrate Python code in SQL Server and graph database implementations for development and testing. Next, you'll get up to speed with designing and building SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) data warehouse packages using SQL server data tools. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll discover how to develop SSIS packages designed to maintain a data warehouse using the data flow and other control flow tasks. </p> <p>By the end of this Learning Path, you'll be equipped with the skills you need to design efficient, high-performance database applications with confidence. </p> <p>This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt books: </p> <ul>
<li>SQL Server 2017 Developer's Guide by Milos Radivojevic, Dejan Sarka, et. al </li> <li>SQL Server 2017 Integration Services Cookbook by Christian Cote, Dejan Sarka, et. al</li> </ul> What you will learn <ul>
<li>Use columnstore indexes to make storage and performance improvements </li> <li>Extend database design solutions using temporal tables </li> <li>Exchange JSON data between applications and SQL Server </li> <li>Migrate historical data to Microsoft Azure by using Stretch Database </li> <li>Design the architecture of a modern Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) solution </li> <li>Implement ETL solutions using Integration Services for both on-premise and Azure data</li>
</ul> Who this book is for <p>This Learning Path is for database developers and solution architects looking to develop ETL solutions with SSIS, and explore the new features in SSIS 2017. Advanced analysis practitioners, business intelligence developers, and database consultants dealing with performance tuning will also find this book useful. Basic understanding of database concepts and T-SQL is required to get the best out of this Learning Path.</p>Table of Contents <ol>
<li>Introduction to SQL Server</li> <li>SQL Server Tools</li> <li>JSON Support in SQL Server</li> <li>Stretch Database</li> <li>Temporal Tables</li> <li>Columnstore Indexes</li> <li>SSIS Setup</li> <li>What Is New in SSIS 2016</li> <li>Key Components of a Modern ETL Solution</li> <li>Dealing with Data Quality</li> <li>Unleash the Power of SSIS Script Task and Component</li> <li>On-Premises and Azure Big Data Integration</li> <li>Extending SSIS Custom Tasks and Transformations</li> <li>Scale Out with SSIS 2017</li>
</ol>

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