Contents

About the Authors

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

Introduction

imagesChapter 1: The Database Administration Profession

Why Do We Need a DBA? Access Runs Great!

What Exactly Does a DBA Do Anyway?

Database Maintenance

Security and Regulatory Compliance

Disaster Recovery

Design and Performance Improvement

Documentation

Salary Information

Words from Real-World DBAs

Grant Fritchey, Principal DBA

Roman Rehak, Principal Database Architect

Charlie Pyne, Senior DBA

Ed Clapper, Database Product Architect Manager

Michael Esposito, Senior Technical Consultant and DBA

Summary

Chapter 2: Planning and Installing SQL Server 2012

Understanding ...

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