Delve inside the core SQL Server engine--and put that knowledge to work--with guidance from a team of well-known internals experts. Whether database developer, architect, or administrator, you'll gain the deep knowledge you need to exploit key architectural changes--and capture the product's full potential. Discover how SQL Server works behind the scenes, including:
- What happens internally when SQL Server builds, expands, shrinks, and moves databases
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Delve inside the core SQL Server engine--and put that knowledge to work--with guidance from a team of well-known internals experts. Whether database developer, architect, or administrator, you'll gain the deep knowledge you need to exploit key architectural changes--and capture the product's full potential. Discover how SQL Server works behind the scenes, including:
- What happens internally when SQL Server builds, expands, shrinks, and moves databases
- How to use event tracking--from triggers to the Extended Events Engine
- Why the right indexes can drastically reduce your query execution time
- How to transcend normal row-size limits with new storage capabilities
- How the Query Optimizer operates
- Multiple techniques for troubleshooting problematic query plans
- When to force SQL Server to reuse a cached query plan--or create a new one
- What SQL Server checks internally when running DBCC
- How to choose among five isolation levels and two concurrency models when working with multiple concurrent users