Sql Server 2025 Standard Edition

SQL Server 2025 Standard Edition

SQL Server 2025 Standard Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide from Queries to Cloud Data Management Data drives every modern business, and SQL Server remains a cornerstone of enterprise-grade data systems. With SQL Server 2025, Microsoft introduces new performance enhancements, security capabilities, automation features, and seamless hybrid-cloud integration with Azure SQL. This book is a comprehensive, practical, and structured guide designed to help you master SQL Server 2025 from the ground up. It avoids unnecessary complexity and focuses on real-world skills that matter today: writing efficient queries, automating data processes, tuning performance, securing systems, and managing modern cloud-connected SQL environments. Every concept is explained clearly in plain language, and every chapter builds toward your ability to confidently deploy and manage SQL Server solutions in production settings. What You Will Learn - Install, configure, and navigate SQL Server 2025 and SSMS - Write efficient T-SQL queries, joins, subqueries, and stored procedures - Understand transactions, ACID behavior, isolation levels, and error handling - Build secure database environments with roles, permissions, and access policies - Improve performance with indexes, execution plans, and resource monitoring - Automate tasks using SQL Server Agent and system alerts - Back up, restore, and recover databases with reliability - Use system views and DMVs to troubleshoot performance issues - Deploy hybrid architectures and connect SQL Server to Azure - Migrate on-prem databases to Azure SQL with clear text-based steps - Complete practical end-to-end business projects, including inventory, payroll, and reporting systems This is a hands-on guide written for real implementation-not theory without practice. Who This Book Is For - Database beginners and aspiring SQL Server administrators - Software developers and data engineers - Cloud and infrastructure professionals - Business intelligence and reporting analysts - IT students and technical professionals learning SQL - Teams modernizing existing SQL Server environments - Anyone preparing for SQL or Azure-related roles Whether you are new to SQL Server or modernizing your skills to meet current industry standards, this book gives you a structured learning path and real-world experience. Key Features - Practical, step-by-step lessons with real SQL examples - Text-based guides for cloud integration and migrations - Real-world troubleshooting and performance tuning techniques - Best-practice checklists for security, backups, and maintenance - Complete reference appendices for commands, tools, and terminology - Real case studies and guided projects for hands-on confidence Your Path to SQL Server Mastery Begins Here By the end of this book, you will be able to design, implement, secure, automate, optimize, and scale SQL Server 2025 solutions both on-premises and in the cloud. You will not only understand how SQL Server works - you will be ready to operate it professionally. If you want a practical and modern SQL Server resource that prepares you for today's data jobs and tomorrow's cloud-driven environments, this guide belongs on your desk. Start learning today and build the data systems that power the future.

SQL Server 2025 Unveiled

Unveil the data platform of the future with SQL Server 2025—guided by one of its key architects. With built-in AI for application development and advanced analytics powered by Microsoft Fabric, SQL Server 2025 empowers you to innovate—securely and confidently. This book shows you how. Author Bob Ward, Principal Architect for the Microsoft Azure Data team, shares exclusive insights drawn from over three decades at Microsoft. Having worked on every version of SQL Server since OS/2 1.1, Ward brings unmatched expertise and practical guidance to help you navigate this transformative release. Ward covers everything from setup and upgrades to advanced features in performance, high availability, and security. He also highlights what makes this the most developer-friendly release in a decade: support for JSON, RegEx, REST APIs, and event streaming. Most critically, Ward explores SQL Server 2025’s advanced, scalable AI integrations, showing you how to build AI-powered applications deeply integrated with the SQL engine—and elevate your analytics to the next level. But innovation doesn’t come at the cost of safety: this release is built on a foundation of enterprise-grade security, helping you adopt AI safely and responsibly. You control which models to use, how they interact with your data, and where they run—from ground to cloud, or integrated with Microsoft Fabric. With built-in features like Row-Level Security (RLS), Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Dynamic Data Masking, and SQL Server Auditing, your data remains protected at every layer. The AI age is here. Make sure your SQL Server databases are ready—and built for secure, scalable innovation. What You Will Learn !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Grasp the fundamentals of AI to leverage AI with your data, using the industry-proven security and scale of SQL Server !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Utilize AI models of your choice, services, and frameworks to build new AI applications !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Explore new developer features such as JSON, Regular Expressions, REST API, and Change Event Streaming !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Discover SQL Server 2025's powerful new engine capabilities to increase application concurrency !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Examine new high availability features to enhance uptime and diagnose complex HADR configurations !-- [if !supportLists]--· Use new query processing capabilities to extend the performance of your application !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Connect SQL Server to Azure with Arc for advanced management and security capabilities !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Secure and govern your data using Microsoft Entra !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Achieve near-real-time analytics with the unified data platform Microsoft Fabric !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Integrate AI capabilities with SQL Server for enterprise AI !-- [if !supportLists]--· !--[endif]--Leverage new tools such as SQL Server Management Studio and Copilot experiences to assist your SQL Server journey Who This Book Is For The SQL Server community, including DBAs, architects, and developers eager to stay ahead with the latest advancements in SQL Server 2025, and those interested in the intersection of AI and data, particularly how artificial intelligence (AI) can be seamlessly integrated with SQL Server to unlock deeper insights and smarter solutions

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