OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...

As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...

Data about other data sources is stored in SSAS so that it can be accessed and analyzed as quickly as possible in the SQL Server BI Stack. the Analysis Service provided by Microsoft SQL Server, a ...