Inside SQL Server 2005 Tools (Microsoft Windows Server System Series)
Authors: Michael Raheem, Dima Sonkin, Thierry D'Hers, Kami LeMonds
Venue:  (2006)

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 includesÂ Understanding how SQL Server 2005 tools differ from their predecessorsÂ Leveraging the new Business Intelligence Development Studio andManagement Studio to accomplish dozens of common tasksÂ Improving security by reducing the “surface area” you exposeÂ Executing queries with the new Query Editor and SQLCMD query toolsÂ Optimizing with the revamped SQL Server Profiler and DatabaseEngine Tuning AdvisorÂ Scheduling maintenance tasks with the SQL Server AgentÂ Monitoring with the Activity Monitor, SQL Server Agent, and other toolsÂ Moving data efficiently and reliably with Integration ServicesÂ Using SQL Server's new e-mail tool, Database MailÂ Managing replication in complex distributed environmentsÂ Mastering SQL Server's Analysis Services' OLAP and Data Mining toolsÂ Using Notification Services 2.0, Reporting Services, and moreÂ 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 team and contributed to the SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit.CD-ROM contains all sample code from the book and correspondingVisual Studio project files.ContentsForeword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviiPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xixAcknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviAbout the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviiChapter 1 Inside the Fundamentals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Chapter 2 Inside the Installation and Upgrade Tools. . . . . . . 23Chapter 3 Inside the Configuration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Chapter 4 Inside Management and Administration Tools . . 129Chapter 5 Inside Data Authoring Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Chapter 6 Inside SQLCMD Query Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Chapter 7 Inside Tuning and Optimization Tools . . . . . . . . . 237Chapter 8 Inside Scheduling Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Chapter 9 Inside Monitoring Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Chapter 10 Inside Email Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Chapter 11 Inside Programming Object Models . . . . . . . . . . 357Chapter 12 Inside Replication Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385Chapter 13 Inside Analysis Services OLAP Tools . . . . . . . . . 429Chapter 14 Inside Analysis Services DataMining Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519Chapter 15 Inside Notification Services Tools . . . . . . . . . . . 543Chapter 16 Inside Integration Services Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 601Chapter 17 Inside the Reporting Services Tools . . . . . . . . . . 679Appendix A Sample KPI Client Code- Retrieving andExposing Your First KPI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711Appendix B KPI Utilities-Code for Parsing DisplayFolders and Getting Image Indexes . . . . . . . . . . 713Appendix C KPI Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721Appendix D Complete List of Data Mining StoredProcedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733