Chapter 12. Introducing SQL Server
If you purchased the Premium edition of Small Business Server, you also got a copy of Microsoft's flagship database management product called SQL Server. If you aren't familiar with SQL Server, it is an industrial-strength platform for storing, manipulating, and retrieving data. If you are familiar with SQL Server, then you probably already know how powerful it is. But just because it's powerful, don't let it intimidate you. SQL Server comes with a very robust user interface called SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) that does an excellent job of simplifying the tasks of creating and managing databases. In this chapter, I'll review how SQL Server fits into the SBS environment, how to install it, and then how ...
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