This book is aimed at those new to SQL Server, or those with a basic understanding wanting to learn more. How does it fare? Beginnings are important. A bad start can stop you in your tracks and divert ...

This slim book is devoted to AlwaysOn, SQL Server’s High Availability and Disaster Recovery solution and aims to show you how to use this technology to reduce or eliminate system downtime. The back ...

After reading SQL Server Forensic Analysis, you can answer "Yes, I can!" The other useful SQL Server book I've been digesting recently is Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed (SAMS ...

As a heavy user of other RDBMS data platforms, I have long appreciated the extra effort that Microsoft put into their data management and administration tool, the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

If you want to really enjoy reading a technical book or learning a new computer skill set, you just have to check out O’Reilly’s “Head First” series. These books fully earn their “brain-friendly” ...

SQL Server Management Studio can help take the guesswork out of creating connection strings for PowerShell applications.