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Microsoft(R) SQL Server(R) 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant |  | Author: William R. Stanek
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 736
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.8
ISBN: 073562738X
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7585
EAN: 9780735627383
ASIN: 073562738X
Publication Date: April 13, 2010
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Product Description
From the author and series editor of the immensely popular ADMINISTRATOR'S POCKET CONSULTANT series from Microsoft Press®-this pocket-size guide delivers fast, accurate answers on the spot for IT professionals. Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition is the ideal concise, immediate reference you'll want with you at all times as you deal with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 and SQL Server® 2008 R2 administration. Whether you handle administration for 50 users or 5000, this hands-on, fast answers guide focuses on what you need to do to get the job done quickly. With extensive easy-to-read tables, lists, and step-by-step instructions, it's the portable, readable guide that you consistently save you time and minimize system downtime by giving you the right information right now. Get fast facts to:
- Plan, deploy, and configure SQL Server® 2008 R2
- Administer server and surface security, access, and network configuration
- Import, export, transform, and replicate data
- Use SQL Server® Management Studio for core administrative tasks
- Manipulate schemas, tables, indexes, and views
- Automate maintenance and implement policy-based management
- Monitor server activity and tune performance
- Manage log shipping and database mirroring
- Perform backups and recovery
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 Deserves ongoing recommendation for any administrator of the SQL server environment August 15, 2010
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 deserves ongoing recommendation for any administrator of the SQL server environment. It's been updated for R2 and appears in a thick tote format lending to at-a-glance information, quick reference tables, and lists of options. The result is a key programmers can easily use to manage SQL Server environments in the quickest way!
Excellent SQL 2008 Administrator reference January 7, 2010
Allan (Redmond, WA)
I needed a SQL Server 2008 administration book for both learning and for reference at work. Stanek has other books out that are very good. He has this pocket consultant book formula down pat. I have used his IIS Pocket Consultant and the previous book on SQL Server 2005 with good results. So, I knew that this should be a good SQL 2008 reference.
I was correct. This book is thorough, informative and accessible. The presentation is very good & straightforward. Information & tasks are presented clearly, and the book has lots of pictures of the UIs and tables for information. I find the pictures can are very effective in supporting the text. The UI cannot be explained in a few words and the pictures eliminate this need. This is an administrative pocket consultant. And that is what is in the book, hundreds of pages of administrative related tasks. The book is targeted to specific tasks which makes it very helpful. I recommend this SQL2K8 Pocket Consultant.
 Good for beginners December 25, 2009
V. Kottooru (Hillsboro, OR)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am not a beginner and so I was not fascinated by the book. I bought it so that I can prepare for the exam 70-450 to get the MCITP - Database Administrator 2008 as this was a recommended read on the Microsoft website. I don't think this book provides the information need for the test. It covers the technical areas just on the surface and does not give you good enough explanations. As a reference it might be helpful for individuals who are new to SQL Server. Having said that the book does satisfy its title and may be my expectations were wrong about this book.
Helpful is an understatement April 26, 2009
D. Hanes (Wheeling, WV USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
First thing I was not that familiar with SQL. I have done minor queries but that was it. Besides that I have had nothing to do with SQL. My boss then decided I should start administering our SQL server because the other 15 machines I administer was just not enough and it is the same as a server 2003 machine right? Whatever.
I bought this book with the hopes it could help me with the day to day operations backup of the database, run clean-ups, etc. This book came back aces. The very first section I looked up was backup. It walked me through step by step explaining everything. The next section was restoration. So I tried it. I created a VM and followed the steps shown. Restored perfectly. I could not be happier.
Everything I have tried in this book has worked the way it was supposed to. It is easy to follow and does not go off in techno babble until it tells you a definition.
I think this is required for anyone administering a SQL Server 2008 machine.
 Great review for an Oracle DBA April 12, 2009
Earl D. Shaffer (USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Well, I am not a SQL Server DBA. I am an Oracle DBA. But as all Oracle DBAs know, there are more SQL Server databases at Oracle sites then ever before. So, it makes sense to see what is going on over there in SQL Server land.
This is a good book for me - a DBA, not a developer. I did not want a 'how to create an online bookstore with SQL Server' type of book. What I wanted was DBA-info. I was looking for features, commands, syntax, uses, notes, etc.
I think this is a good reference for anyone trying to get info about SQL Server. And for me, a DBA who does not write code, this is a very good book.
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