A Technical Overview of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Melville Thomson IT Pro Evangelist (UK)

What Will We Cover? Security enhancements Manageability enhancements Availability enhancements

Helpful Experience Level 200 Experience managing and maintaining Microsoft ® SQL Server ™ Experience administering databases

Agenda SQL Server 2005 Architecture Advanced Security Improved Management Features High Availability

Enterprise Product Integration

SQL Server 2005 Core Architecture

Background Services

SQL Server Management Studio Simplify common management tasks Integrated management interface Server transparency SQL Server Management Object extensibility

Integrated Management Environment Object Explorer Registered Servers Template Explorer and Solution Explorer Summary Pane

Demo Using SQL Server Management Studio Using Object Explorer demonstration

SQL Command-line Tool Type SQLCMD to enter Interactive Mode Type Exit to exit Interactive Mode “SQLCMD –S” to connect to Named Instance Run “SQLCMD –i” to run against a pre-built script file Run “SQLCMD –o” to direct output to a file

CONNECT LON-DC-01\MSSQLSERVER setvar db CustomerDB BACKUP DATABASE $(db) TO DISK = “$(PATH)\$(db).bak” CONNECT LON-SQL-01\MSSQLSERVER setvar db ContactsDB BACKUP DATABASE $(db) TO DISK = “$(PATH)\$(db).bak” CONNECT LON-DC-01\MSSQLSERVER setvar db CustomerDB BACKUP DATABASE $(db) TO DISK = “$(PATH)\$(db).bak” CONNECT LON-SQL-01\MSSQLSERVER setvar db ContactsDB BACKUP DATABASE $(db) TO DISK = “$(PATH)\$(db).bak” SQLCMD –Q –i C:\SCRIPTS\BACKUP.SQL –v PATH=“N:\BACKUPS” SQLCMD Scripting Functionality LON-DC-01 CustomerDB LON-SQL-01 ContactsDB N:\BACKUPS

Demo SQL Scripting Features Using Queries and Scripts Using Solution Explorer demonstration

Agenda Overview of SQL Server 2005 Advanced Security Improved Management Features High Availability

Authentication Authorization Encryption Security Mechanisms

SQL Server 2005 Schema Schema Object Permissions

Surface Area Configuration New InstallationSQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2000SQL Server 2005 Services disabled and features not installed by default State of services and features carried over from upgraded installation Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections Surface Area Configuration for Features

Demo Surface Area Configuration Securing SQL Server with SAC Exporting and Importing Configurations demonstration

SQL Object Namespace SchemaObjectDatabaseServer LON-SQL-01.Customer.AdventureWorks.Sales

Schema as part of namespace removes this issue User Schema Separation LON-SQL-01.Customer.AdventureWorks.User.Sales Prior to SQL Server 2005, object namespace included object owner Change of ownership required application rewrites.User1

Demo User-Schema Separation Understanding User-Schema Separation demonstration

SQL Agent Proxies Active Directory SQL Server Agent Proxy

Demo SQL Agent Proxies Using SQL Agent Proxies demonstration

Agenda Overview of SQL Server 2005 Advanced Security Improved Management Features High Availability

MailHost Database Database Mail SQL Service Broker

Demo Database Mail Configuring Database Mail Sending and Checking demonstration

Mirrored Backups Mirror 2 Mirror 1

Demo Mirrored Backups Using Mirrored Backups demonstration

Agenda Overview of SQL Server 2005 Advanced Security Improved Management Features High Availability

Database Snapshots SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition Maintain historical data for report generation Safeguard data against administrative error Safeguard data against user error

Database Tuning Advisor

.sql script Databases Database Tuning Advisor Table.trc file Workload and Results

SQL Profiler Debug statements Analyze performance Stress testing Audit database activity

SQL Profiler - Notes Debug statements Analyze performance Stress testing Audit database activity

Demo SQL Profiler Using SQL Profiler Generating a Deadlock Analyzing Deadlock with SQL Profiler demonstration

Replication Enhancements Redesigned replication wizards Initializing replication subscribers Pre-computed partitions Transactional parallelism

XML over HTTP/HTTPS Binary over TCP/IP Internet Replication Subscriber IIS Publisher Firewall

Session Summary Secure by default, by design New integrated management tools Expanded and enhanced availability