Professional SQL Server 2005 Administration

Brian Knight, SQL Server MVP, MCSE, MCDBA, is the co--founder of SQLServerCentral.com and JumpstartTV.com. He runs the local SQL Server users group in Jacksonville (JSSUG) and was recently on the Board of Directors of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS). Brian is a contributing columnist for SQL Server Standard, maintains a regular column for the database Web site SQLServerCentral.com, and does regular Web casts at Jumpstart TV. He is the author of Admin911: SQL Server (Osborne / McGraw--Hill Publishing) and coauthor of Professional SQL Server DTS and Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (Wrox Press). Brian has spoken at conferences like PASS, SQL Connections and TechEd and many code Camps. Brian is an independent consultant at White Knight Technology. Ketan Patel, B.E. Electronics Engineering, MCSE, MCDBA, is a Development Manager for the Business Intelligence Center of Excellence group at Microsoft. He has worked with SWL Server and other Microsoft technologies for nearly eight years. Ketan has also spoken at TechEd. he spends his spare time with his family and playing cricket, especially in the summer. Wayne Snyder is recognized worldwide as a SQL Server expert and Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP), with over 25 years of experience in project management, database administration, software design, performance measurement, and capacity planning. He is a sought--out consultant, trainer, writer, and speaker and produces a series of web--based seminars on SQL Server 2005. Wayne has edited many SQL Server books, has SWL Training CDs with Learnkey, is on the Board of Directors for PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server), plays keyboard for a cover band named SoundBarrier, and is a managing consultant for Mariner, a Business Intelligence Company. Jean--Claude Armand is a Senior SWL Server technology specialist with Microsoft Corporation. Jean--Claude has been working with SQL Server since version 4.21a at dun & Bradstreet. He also worked as a senior consultant for MicroAge and CompuCom Systems prior to coming to Microsoft where he has been working for the past seven years. Jean--Claude has spoken at events such as TechEd, SQL Connection,VSLive, SQL Server Magazine Connections, numerous other partner forums, and various Pass Chapters. Ross LoForte is a SQL technology architect at the Microsoft technology Center Chicago who specializes in Microsoft SQL Server solutions. Ross has more than 16 years of business development, project management, and architecting SQL solutions on large and mission--critical database platforms. For the past six years, Ross has been working with the Microsoft Technology Centers and has led architecture design and proof--of--concept sessions for Microsofta s largest and most strategic customers to design enterprise, mission--critical SQL Server solutions. Additionally, Ross presents at TechEd, SQL PASS, Gartner , TDWI, and other conferences as well as delivering Microsoft customer presentations around SQL Server. Ross has been active with the Professional Association for SQL Server, with the Chicago SQL Server Users Group, and with the SQL Server community for many years.

Chapter 1. SQL Server 2005 Architecture. Chapter 2. SQL Server 2005 Installation Best Practices. Chapter 3. Upgrading SQL Server 2005 Best Practices. Chapter 4. Managing and Troubleshooting the Database Engine. Chapter 5. Automating SQL Server. Chapter 6. Integration Services Administration and Performance Tuning. Chapter 7. Analysis Services Administration and Performance Tuning. Chapter 8. Administering the Development Features. Chapter 9. Securing the Database Engine. Chapter 10. Change Management. Chapter 11. Configuring the Server for Optimal Performance. Chapter 12. Optimizing SQL Server 2005. Chapter 13. Monitoring Your SQL Server. Chapter 14. Performance Tuning T--SQL. Chapter 15. Indexing Your Database. Chapter 16. Replication. Chapter 17. Database Mirroring. Chapter 18. Backup and Recovery. Chapter 19. SQL Server 2005 Log Shipping. Chapter 20. Clustering SQL Server 2005. Appendix A. Raymond James Lab Report. Index.