First Steps with Microsoft SQL Server

Boris HristovSoftUni, Sofia, 10.07.2014

So who am I?

@BorisHristov

Today you are going to learn:

1.Why is DATA important for businesses?2.What has SQL Server to do about this?3.Hands on with SQL Server 2014! 4.Q&A

Why is DATA important for businesses?

Data is the heartbeat of every organization!

“Every 2 days we create as much data as we did up to 2003!” - Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google

What has SQL Server to do about this?

A lot.

SQL Server is a pretty mature

product

Version Release Year1.0 19891.1 19914.2 1992

4.21 19946.0 19956.5 19967.0 1998

2000 20002005 20052008 2008

2008 R2 20102012 2012 (April 1st)

2014 2014 (April 1st)

SQL Server is WAY more than a RDBMS

What can SQL Server offer? SQL Server Components

Database Engine Full-Text Search

Replication Distributed Replay

StreamInsight Integration Services

Analysis Services Data Mining

Data Quality Services Master Data ServicesPowerPivot\View\Map\

Query Reporting Services

SQL Server EditionsPremium EditionsParallel Data Warehouse Analytics Platform SystemCore EditionsEnterprise StandardBusiness Intelligence Other EditionsExpress CompactDeveloper WorkgroupWeb SQL Azure Database

Virtualization and Licensing?

And what are we installing?

What is an instance? – separate installation of SQL Server

Two instance types◦ Default instance (connect with hostname or a single dot .)◦ Named instances (connect with hostname\instance_name)

You can also connect with alias (remember mIRC nicknames?)Server Name is: B75DB\SQL0003Alias: SUNIDCRM

SQL Server Instances

SQL Server Management StudioYour day-to-day GUI assistant

SQL Server can be configured in two modes:

Windows Authentication Mixed Mode

How are you supposed to connect?

No more talking.

Hands on…

Q&A

Thank you!