Fill the gap between planning and doing with SSIS 2014
The 2014 release of Microsoft’s SQL Server Integration Services provides
enhancements for managing extraction, transformation, and load
operations, plus expanded in-memory capabilities, improved disaster
recovery, increased scalability, and much more. The increased
functionality will streamline your ETL processes and smooth out your
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Implement new best practices for effective use of SSIS
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Read case studies that illustrate the more advanced concepts
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SQL Server Integration Services is a complex tool, but it’s the
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understand the full potential of its capabilities in order to use it
effectively. You need to make sure the right architecture is in
place.Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Integration Services is
your roadmap to understanding SSIS on a fundamental level, and setting
yourself up for success.
Fill the gap between planning and doing with SSIS 2014 The 2014 release
of Microsoft?s SQL Server Integration Services provides enhancements for
managing extraction, transformation, and load operations, plus expanded
in-memory capabilities, improved disaster recovery, increased
scalability, and much more. The increased functionality will streamline
your ETL processes and smooth out your workflow, but the catch is that
your workflow must change. New tools come with new best practices, and
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Integration Services will keep
you ahead of the curve. SQL Server MVP Brian Knight is the most
respected name in the business, and your ultimate guide to navigating
the changes to use Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services 2014 to
your utmost advantage.
Implement new best practices for effective use of SSIS Work through
tutorials for hands-on learning of complex techniques Read case studies
that illustrate the more advanced concepts Learn directly from the
foremost authority on SSIS SQL Server Integration Services is a complex
tool, but it?s the lifeblood of your work. You need to know it inside
out, and you must understand the full potential of its capabilities in
order to use it effectively. You need to make sure the right
architecture is in place. Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Integration Services is your roadmap to understanding SSIS on a
fundamental level, and setting yourself up for success.
Previously, SQL developers have been able to almost entirely ignore the
SQLCLR and treat it as a peripheral technology-almost an extension to
the main product. With the advent of LINQ and the Entity Framework, this
is no longer the case, and the SQLCLR is moving to the center stage.
It's a powerful product but, for many, it is an entirely new way of
working with data. Pro Entity Framework 4.0 will help readers understand
the implications of the Entity Framework and how it can be used to
change their development practices and make their databases more
powerful and flexible. Since many readers will be encountering this
subject for the first time, the book will create an inclusive
environment in which the concepts of .NET development are approached
from the perspective of the Relational T-SQL developer to foster a sense
of shared-ownership in keeping with Microsoft's latest best practices.
Comprehensive coverage of the new greater and more challenging integration with .NET 3.5
Written from a real-world perspective and examines the features offered
by LINQ and the Entity Framework that will help solve problems
experienced by professional developers
Contains insight, interpretation, analysis, and evangelism instead of just plain fact
What you'll learn
Examine the SQLCLR architecture.
Learn the fundamentals of LINQ.
Use LINQ with SQL and datasets.
Extend LINQ.
Gain a holistic view of the features of LINQ and the Entity Framework
and how they segue with other features of the .NET Framework and native
features of the operating system.
Write practical applications of LINQ and the Entity Framework.
Who this book is for
.NET and SQL developers who use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as their
back-end database. Database administrators who create, manage, and
secure those databases.
This year, millions of beginner-to-intermediate-level users will be
searching for the easiest possible way to master Office 2013?s new
features. If you're one of them, Easy Office 2013 will give you exactly
what you're looking for.This full-color, utterly simple, step-by-step
tutorial is carefully crafted to provide instant access to the 100+
tasks you'll find most useful and valuable. Like all Easy series books,
it teaches visually: you're never forced to work through lengthy text
explanations. Its large typeface makes it even more accessible to all
readers - especially senior readers whose needs are disregarded by most
computer books. Written by two of the world's most experienced authors
of Microsoft Office books for beginners, Easy Office 2013 presents the
easiest, fastest, most direct procedures for getting the results you're
looking for.
Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to building applications with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012.
Teach yourself the programming fundamentals of SQL Server 2012—one step
at a time. Ideal for beginning SQL Server database administrators and
developers, this tutorial provides clear guidance and practical,
learn-by-doing exercises for building database solutions that solve
real-world business problems.
Discover how to:
Install and work with core components and tools
Create tables and index structures
Manipulate and retrieve data
Secure, manage, back up, and recover databases
Apply techniques for building high-performing applications
Use clustering, database mirroring, and log shipping Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Step by Step
Master the Next-Generation Business Intelligence Tools in SQL Server 2008 R2
Effectively convey meaningful business insights to users across your
enterprise with help from this practical guide. Written by a team of
business intelligence experts, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analytics
& Data Visualization shows how to achieve greater information
absorption using the latest reporting tools. Learn how to build maps and
gauges, integrate OLAP data, and develop dashboards. Security,
performance tuning, and cloud computing techniques are also covered in
this comprehensive resource.
Design and deploy chart-based reports using SSRS 2008 R2
Display geo-spatial map data with location-based indicators
Visually represent metrics and KPIs on graphs and gauges
Distribute reports through SharePoint and PerformancePoint
Create and publish web page parts, dashboards, and mash-ups
Set up and manage cloud-based services using SQL Azure
Incorporate data mining and forecasting features with Visio
Integrate large amounts of data using PowerPoint for Excel
Derive matrix, table, and chart data from OLAP cubes Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analytics & Data Visualization
This easy to follow book helps employees, students, teachers and parents
wanting their children to get a head start in their use of Spreadsheet
software.
- This book shows you how to use the basic tasks in Microsoft Excel 2010.
- This simple step by step tutorial introduces you to the main functions of spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel 2010.
- It is suitable for absolute beginners and those looking for a refresher guide into Excel 2010.
- The book is divided into clear sections that demonstrate the separate skills that you can follow at your own pace.
- The book offers a gradual introduction to the correct vocabulary to
ease the learning of the software and improve future communication.
Overview
o An introduction to the basics of Microsoft Excel 2010. o It can be used by professionals, teachers, parents or children. o It shows you how spreadsheet may be used in a range of different situations. o It is divided in a series of lessons/chapters which you can follow at your own pace. o You will need no additional assistance. How to Use Microsoft Excel 2010
Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2012 is a deep dive into perhaps the single-most important facet of good performance: indexes, and how to best use them. The book begins in the shallow waters with explanations of the types of indexes and how they are stored in databases. Moving deeper into the topic, and further into the book, you will look at the statistics that are accumulated both by indexes and on indexes. All of this will help you progress towards properly achieving your database performance goals. What you'll learn from Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2012 will help you understand what indexes are doing in the database and what can be done to mitigate and improve their effects on performance. The final destination is a guided tour through a number of real-world scenarios and approaches that can be taken to investigate, mitigate, and improve the performance of your database. Defines indexes and provides an understanding of their role Uncovers and explains the statistics that are kept in indexes Teaches strategies and approaches for indexing databases What you’ll learn Fully understand the index types at your disposal Recognize and remove unnecessary indexes Review statistics to understand indexing choices made by the optimizer Properly apply strategies such as covering indexes, included columns, index intersections, and more Write queries to make good use of the indexes already in place Design effective indexes for full-text, spatial, and XML data types Manage the big picture: Encompassing all indexes in a database, and all database instances on a server Who this book is for Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2012 is intended for database administrators and developers who are ready to boost the performance of their environments without the need to go in blindly building indexes. Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2012
The ideal beginner's guide to C# and object-oriented programming!
Wrox beginners' guides have the perfect formula for getting programming
newcomers up and running. This one introduces beginners to
object-oriented programming using C# to demonstrate all of the core
constructs of this programming framework. Using real-world situations,
you'll discover how to create, test, and deliver your programs and how
to work with classes, arrays, collections, and all the elements of
object-oriented programming.
Covers exactly what beginners, even those with no prior programming
experience, need to know to understand object-oriented programming and
start writing programs in C#
Explains the advantages and disadvantages of C#, and tips for understanding C# syntax
Explores properties, encapsulation, and classes; value data types;
operands and operators; errors and debugging; variables; and reference
types
Shows how to use statement repetition and program loops, understand arrays and collections, and write your own classes
Also covers inheritance and polymorphism
Beginning Object-Oriented Programming with C# uses the tried-and-true
Wrox formula for making this popular programming method easy to learn.
The bestselling tech book of all time, now updated for Windows 8!
Microsoft Windows is the operating system that runs nearly 90 percent of
the world's computers. Windows 8 will offer new interface updates,
cloud-based services, and much more. This update of Andy Rathbone's
bestselling Windows guide covers all the basics, plus the enhancements
unique to Windows 8. Whether you're meeting Windows for the first time
or upgrading from an earlier version, this book shows you how to
navigate the interface, work with files, browse the Internet, set up
e-mail, manage media, and more.
Combined editions of this book, all by Microsoft MVP Andy Rathbone, have
sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, making Windows For Dummies
the #1 bestselling technology book of all time
Covers all the basics of using Windows 8--core desktop components,
managing files and folders, saving files, using Windows search,
printing, and working in the cloud
Shows how to get online, set up and use e-mail, use the latest version
of Internet Explorer, set up security and virus protection, add music to
the media player, organize photos, and edit media
Includes coverage on using Windows 8's new start screen on both a desktop computer and a touchscreen device
Windows 8 For Dummies has what all Windows newbies need to know as well
as complete coverage of the new version's bells and whistles.
Learn the simplest ways to get things done with Windows® 8!
Here’s WHAT you’ll learn:
Run your apps, and manage your calendar and contacts
Explore the web, and send and receive email and messages
Organize your files on the PC and in the cloud with Microsoft® SkyDrive®
View, share, and store your own photos and videos
Play games, manage your music, and watch movies
Use maps to find directions and set your location
Here’s HOW you’ll learn it:
Jump in wherever you need answers
Easy-to-follow STEPS and SCREENSHOTS show exactly what to do
Handy TIPS teach new techniques and shortcuts
Quick TRY THIS! exercises help apply what you learn right away
Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices is an anthology of high-end wisdom from a
group of accomplished database administrators who are quietly but
relentlessly pushing the performance and feature envelope of Microsoft
SQL Server 2012. With an emphasis upon performance—but also branching
into release management, auditing, and other issues—the book helps you
deliver the most value for your company’s investment in Microsoft’s
flagship database system
* Goes beyond the manual to cover good techniques and best practices
* Delivers knowledge usually gained only by hard experience
* Focuses upon performance, scalability, reliability
* Helps achieve the predictability needed to be in control at all times
What you’ll learn
* Migrate to the new Extended Events framework for troubleshooting performance problems
* Automate the tracking of key performance indicators such as
available disk space, cpu utilization, index fragmentation, and more
* Design performance into your database and its applications from the very beginning
* Manage staged releases from development to test through to production
* Diagnose resource and performance problems via dynamic management views
* Analyze I/O patterns and plan reliably to obtain the performance you need
Who this book is for
Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices is aimed at SQL Server professionals who
want to further their careers through expert-level practices in
performance management, scalability, predictability, and security.
If your organization plans to move to a cloud infrastructure from a LAN or WAN, this book shows you how to do it efficiently with Windows Server 2012. Experienced Windows administrators will learn how to deploy, configure, and manage the server’s expanded capabilities and features step-by-step, using clear examples and numerous screen shots. You’ll also discover how to integrate employees’ private mobile devices into your corporate network.
Whether you intend to take your infrastructure to a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment, Windows Server 2012 provides the virtualization technology to get you there. This book helps you put it to work.
Control your entire Windows infrastructure from the Server Manager console Learn how Active Directory Domain Services provide more centralized network administration Use Dynamic Access Control to manage data and user permissions Provide data integrity and fault tolerance with Storage Spaces and ReFS Gain robust management of virtual environments with Hyper V R3 Master networking tools such as IPAM to help you move to the cloud Connect clients to network resources through Unified Remote Access
This book is intended as a guide to how to use the powerful security and
privacy features of Office 2010 platform effectively. Workers in
organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises,
will benefit from this book.
In 2011, a big corporation suffered a 23-day network outage after a breach of security that allowed the theft of millions of registered accounts on its gaming network. A month later, hackers claimed in a press release to have stolen personal information of 1 million users by a single SQL injection attack. In these days of high-profile hacking, SQL Server 2012 database security has become of prime importance.
???Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Security Cookbook??? will show you how to secure your database using cutting-edge methods and protect it from hackers and other security threats. You will learn the latest techniques for data and code encryption, user authentication and authorization, protection against brute force attacks, denial-of-service attacks, and SQL Injection, securing business intelligence, and more.
We will start with securing SQL Server right from the point where you install it. You will learn to secure your server and network with recipes such as managing service SIDs, configuring a firewall for SQL Server access, and encrypting the session by SSL. We will then address internal security : creating logins to connect to SQL Server, and users to gain access to a database. We will also see how to grant privileges to securable objects on the server or inside the database.
After having managed authentication through logins and users, we will assign privileges inside a database using permissions. We will then learn about symmetric keys, asymmetric keys and certificates, which can be used to encrypt data or sign data and modules with a choice of cipher algorithms, as well as creating hash representations of data.
Then we will cover methods to protect your database against brute force attacks, denial-of-service attacks, and SQL Injection. Finally we will learn about auditing and compliance and securing SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and Reporting Services (SSRS).
What you will learn from this book
Start securing your database right from the first step when you install it
Protect your database against brute force attacks, denial-of-service attacks, and SQL Injection
Secure SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and Reporting Services (SSRS)
Use a SQL or Web Application Firewall
Perform user authentication and authorization
Manage object ownership and protect data through views and stored procedures
Create and use certificates, and symmetric and asymmetric encryption keys
Authenticate stored procedures by signatures
Monitor SQL Server logs and use DML and DDL trigger for auditing
Configure SQL Server database audit and manage audit resilience after a crash
Understanding IPv6: Your Essential Guide to IPv6 on Windows Networks /by Joseph Davies. Get in-depth technical information to put IPv6 technology to work—including networks with hardware running Windows 8 and Windows Server® 2012. Written by a networking expert, this reference explains IPv6 features and benefits, and provides detailed information to help you implement this protocol.
You’ll learn best practices for using IPv6 services in your Windows network, whether you’re an IT professional, a network administrator, or an IT student.
Discover how to:
Use Windows features and tools to implement IPv6 on your network Set up a test lab to experiment with IPv6 configuration and functionality Understand dynamic routing and the IPv6 routing protocols
Use IPv6 transition technologies to support both IPv4 and IPv6 during deployment Implement IPv6 security features and measures Deploy native IPv6 connectivity to an IPv4-only intranet
Apply best practices from the Microsoft corporate network case study Test your understanding of IPv6 concepts with end-of-chapter quizzes
Over 80 quick and advanced recipes that focus on real-world techniques
and solutions to manage, design, and build data warehouse and business
intelligence projects.
Full of illustrations, diagrams, and tips with clear step-by-step
instructions and real time examples to perform key steps and functions
on your project
Practical ways to estimate the effort of a data warehouse solution based on a standard work breakdown structure.
Learn to effectively turn the project from development to a live solution
Best practices to create a blueprint for the business intelligence solution
In Detail
Oracle Database 11g is a comprehensive database platform for data
warehousing and business intelligence that combines industry-leading
scalability and performance, deeply-integrated analytics, and embedded
integration and data-quality all in a single platform running on a
reliable, low-cost grid infrastructure. This book steps through the
lifecycle of building a data warehouse with key tips and techniques
along the way.
Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using
Oracle Technology outlines the key ways to effectively use Oracle
technology to deliver your business intelligence solution. This is a
practical guide starting with key recipes for project management then
moving onto project delivery.
Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using
Oracle Technology is a practical guide for performing key steps and
functions on your project.
This book starts with setting the foundation for a highly repeatable
efficient project management approach by assessing your current
methodology to see how suitable it is for a business intelligence
program. We also learn to set up the project delivery phases to
consistently estimate the effort for a project. Along the way we learn
to create blueprints for the business intelligence solution that help to
connect and map out the destination of the solution. We then move on to
analyze requirements, sources, and data. Finally we learn to secure the
data as it is an important asset within the organization and needs to
be secured efficiently and effectively.
What you will learn from this book
Master some of the key techniques and components to enable you to visualise and interrogate information effectively
Understand additional and advanced techniques to enhance your ETL/ELT solution
Learn to build the data model using Oracle SQL Data Modeller and the
Oracle Database to build your logical and physical data model and OBIEE
to build the presentation data model.
Develop data discovery scripts to uncover data issues and gaps
Learn to reverse engineer source data models and map data sources to business requirements using Oracle SQL Data Modeller.
Get to grips with mapping information into semantic definitions
Understand the ways to define a security model
Approach
This book is written in a simple, easy to understand format with lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations.
Who this book is written for
If you are Project Managers or IT professionals looking to design and
develop a data warehouse and business intelligence solution, then this
is the best guide for you.
This book assumes that you have a fundamental knowledge of data warehouse and business intelligence projects.
SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns is a book of recipes for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). Design patterns in the book show how to solve common problems encountered when developing data integration solutions. Because you do not have to build the code from scratch each time, using design patterns improves your efficiency as an SSIS developer. In SSIS Design Patterns, we take you through several of these snippets in detail, providing the technical details of the resolution. SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns does not focus on the problems to be solved; instead, the book delves into why particular problems should be solved in certain ways. You’ll learn more about SSIS as a result, and you’ll learn by practical example. Where appropriate, SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns provides examples of alternative patterns and discusses when and where they should be used. Highlights of the book include sections on ETL Instrumentation, SSIS Frameworks, and Dependency Services. Takes you through solutions to several common data integration challenges Demonstrates new features in SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Teaches SSIS using practical examples
Microsoft SQL Server implements extensive support for location-based
data. Pro Spatial with SQL Server 2012 introduces SQL Server’s spatial
feature set, and covers everything you'll need to know to store,
manipulate, and analyze information about the physical location of
objects in space. You’ll learn about the geography and geometry
datatypes, and how to apply them in practical situations involving the
spatial relationships of people, places, and things on Earth.
Author Alastair Aitchison first introduces you to SQL Server’s spatial
feature set and the fundamental concepts involved in working with
spatial data, including spatial references and co-ordinate systems.
You’ll learn to query, analyze, and interpret spatial data using tools
such as Bing Maps and SQL Server Reporting Services. Throughout, you'll
find helpful code examples that you can adopt and extend as a basis for
your own projects.
Explains spatial concepts from the ground up—no prior knowledge is necessary
Provides comprehensive guidance for every stage of working with
spatial data, from importing through cleansing and storing, to querying,
and finally for retrieval and display of spatial data in an
application layer
Brilliantly illustrated with code examples that run in SQL Server
2012, that you can adapt and use as the basis for your own projects.
What you’ll learn
The fundamental concepts involved in working with spatial data, including spatial references and co-ordinate systems
How to create and store spatial data using the geometry and geography data types
How to use of spatial indexes in the design of highly-performant databases
Write spatial queries to answer practical, business questions
Pass spatial data seamlessly between database and application layers using T-SQL and C#
Overcome common issues, including how to deal with invalid, imprecise, or erroneous spatial data
Apply advanced techniques such as routefinding and clustering
Who this book is for
Pro Spatial with SQL Server 2012 is the go-to book for anyone involved
in spatial applications involving Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The book
helps database administrators create and optimize the performance of
spatial database. The book gives developers what they need to know in
order to make effective use of the extensive support for location-based
data provided by SQL Server, T-SQL, and C#.
