Inside SQL Server 2005 Tools

Direct from Microsoft Insiders: the Complete Hands-On Guide toSQL Server 2005’s Powerful Tools!Microsoft SQL Server 2005’s high-powered management tools can dramaticallyimprove DBA productivity and effectiveness. Now there’s a comprehensive guideto SQL Server 2005’s toolset, straight from the Microsoft team that created it.This book covers the entire toolset in unprecedented depth, guides databaseprofessionals in choosing the right tools, and shows them how to use varioustools collectively to solve real-world problems. The authors present “how-to”solutions and never-before-published tips for SQL Server 2005 installation,upgrades, configuration, authoring, schema design, development, deployment,optimization, troubleshooting, and more. Coverage includes Understanding how SQL Server 2005 tools differ from their predecessors Leveraging the new Business Intelligence Development Studio andManagement Studio to accomplish dozens of common tasks Improving security by reducing the “surface area” you expose Executing queries with the new Query Editor and SQLCMD query tools Optimizing with the revamped SQL Server Profiler and DatabaseEngine Tuning Advisor Scheduling maintenance tasks with the SQL Server Agent Monitoring with the Activity Monitor, SQL Server Agent, and other tools Moving data efficiently and reliably with Integration Services Using SQL Server’s new e-mail tool, Database Mail Managing replication in complex distributed environments Mastering SQL Server’s Analysis Services’ OLAP and Data Mining tools Using Notification Services 2.0, Reporting Services, and more Extending functionality using underlying APIs and the includedCD-ROM’s sample code.MICHAEL RAHEEM is the senior product manager of the Microsoft SQL Serverteam and led the design and implementation of several SQL Server tools, suchas SQL Server Management Studio, Database Mail, Upgrade Advisors, andSurface Area Configuration. He currently leads the SQL Server enterprisemarketing efforts including high availability, scalability, and performance.DIMA SONKIN is development lead in the SQL Server Tools group responsiblefor SQL Server Agent, SMO, DMO, SQL Profiler, Database Engine Tuning Advisor,Database Mail, SQLMail, SqlCmd, and OSQL.THIERRY D’HERS is the lead program manager on Microsoft’s SQL BI AnalysisServices team and has spent five years designing and specifying AnalysisServices tools.KAMI LEMONDS is the documentation manager for Microsoft’s SQL Server UserEducation te