Chapter 4Provisioning databases

In this chapter, we review the process of installing and configuring a Microsoft SQL Server instance as well as the creation or migration of databases. We pay special attention to new features introduced in SQL Server 2017 and even some added since SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1, including those features that have been expanded for the first time from the Enterprise edition to the Standard edition of SQL Server. We review some basic checklists for you to verify every time and, when necessary, direct you to where ...

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