PowerShell in SQL Server 2008 |
When you first get into SQL Server PowerShell, you might notice that this is a restricted version of the default PowerShell console. In other words, several of the core cmdlets are not available in SQL Server PowerShell, and others might not work exactly the same way. |
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SQL Server 2008 Scheduling and Notification : Managing Alerts |
The SQL Server Agent can monitor events that occur on the database server and automatically respond to these events with alerts. Alerts can be fired based on SQL Server events, performance conditions, and Windows Management Instrumentation events. |
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SQL Server 2008 : Sending and Receiving with Database Mail |
SQL Server relies on Service Broker (SSB) to activate the Database Mail process (DatabaseMail.exe) used to send mail. DatabaseMail.exe uses ADO.NET to connect to SQL Server and to read from and write to SSB queues (found in msdb) that hold send requests and send statuses in the form of typed SSB messages |
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SQL Server 2008 : Setting Up Database Mail |
In Database Mail, you use mail profiles. A mail profile is simply a securable container for a group of SMTP accounts that is used when sending mail. In contrast to SQL Mail, with Database Mail, you can set up multiple profiles containing multiple accounts, allowing for finer-grained administrative control. |
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SQL Server 2008 : Security and Compliance |
On the global level, hundreds of compliance laws are in place that affect almost every aspect of data access, data protection, data movement, and even data storage. |
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SQL Server 2008 : Data Encryption - SQL Server Key Management |
Each key protects its child keys, which in turn protect their child keys, down through the tree. The one exception is when a password is used to protect a symmetric key or certificate. This is how SQL Server lets users manage their own keys and take responsibility for keeping the key secret. |
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SQL Server 2008 : Data Encryption |
SQL Server 2008 introduces a new form of database encryption: transparent data encryption. TDE allows you to encrypt an entire database without affecting client applications. |
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SQL Server 2008 : Client Data Access Technologies |
A provider is software used for accessing various data stores in a consistent manner conforming to a specification, such as OLE DB. A provider may contain an API. Clients that use providers are known as consumers. SMSS and SQLCMD, for example, are consumers of the SNAC OLE DB provider. |
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