SQL Server 2019 Administration Inside Out

Introduction

Much has changed in the months leading up to the publishing of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Administration Inside Out, a follow-up edition to this team’s successful and well-reviewed Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out. Among just our writing and editing team, one became an empty nester, another got a new knee, another two new hips. One was evacuated because of forest fires, another left powerless under a hurricane, another twice moved houses, others got new jobs and job roles. Countless naming conventions and product names were changed in the Microsoft data platform, too, causing many late edits to this book. Azure SQL Database managed instance was made generally available, as well as the concepts of Big Data Clusters, ...