Free e-Book: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014

This fee e-Book "Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014" – by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner .

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is the next generation of Microsoft’s information platform, with new features that deliver faster performance, expand capabilities in the cloud, and provide powerful business insights.

In this book, we explain how SQL Server 2014 incorporates in-memory technology to boost performance in online transaction processing (OLTP) and data-warehouse solutions. We also describe how it eases the transition from on-premises solutions to the cloud with added support for hybrid environments.

SQL Server 2014 continues to include components that support analysis, although no major new features for business intelligence were included in this release. However, several advances of note have been made in related technologies such as Microsoft Excel 2013, Power BI for Office 365, HDInsight, and PolyBase, and we describe these advances in this book as well.

The book includes below chapters:

Database AdministrationChapter 1: SQL Server 2014 editions and engine enhancements
Chapter 2: In-Memory OLTP investments
Chapter 3: High-availability, hybrid-cloud, and backups enhancements

Business intelligence DevelopmentChapter 4: Exploring self-service BI in Microsoft Excel 2013
Chapter 5: Introducing Power BI for Office 365
Chapter 6: Big Data Solutions

You can download the e-Book 

1. PDF version of this title here
2. The EPUB format is here and Mobi for Kindle file here

Regards

Satishbabu Gunukula

http://www.sqlserver-expert.com

Comprehensive list of O365 Tools and Diagnostics

This wiki contains information about tools that can be used to diagnose and troubleshoot issues with Office 365 services. This wiki also contains links to resources such as articles, videos, and training that show how the tools are used to diagnose and resolve Office 365 scenarios. We also recommend using the troubleshooting section of the Office 365 Community for additional troubleshooting content.

http://community.office365.com/en-us/w/diagnostic_tools/default.aspx#top

Item	URL	Description
Office 365 technical Blog and RSS Feed	http://community.office365.com/en-us/b/office_365_community_blog/default.aspx	Site to sign up for RSS feed to understand the latest changes to O365.  Important for Admins in the O365 tenant.
O365 Technology blog	http://blogs.office.com/office365updates/	Site to sign up for RSS feed to understand the latest changes to O365. Important for Admins in the O365 tenant.
O365 Portal	Go into your O365 Portal	Sign up for RSS feed from the Service Health dashboard
Software Requirements for O365 site	http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-suite-help/software-requirements-for-office-365-for-business-HA102817357.aspx	Updates on the software requirements (browser, client and OS) for O365.
Service Descriptions site	http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj819284.aspx	Service Descriptions for O365.  Important for Admins in the O365 tenant.
Evergreen Readiness deck	SDE Deliverable from Cloud Vantage contract.  (PowerPoint deck)	Quarterly deck created by the SDE by working directly with the Microsoft PG to provide a roadmap of the upcoming changes to O365.  Only available to Cloud Vantage customers.
Office 365 URL and IPs	http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh373144.aspx	Site to sign up for a RSS feed to receive a updated list of URL and IPs that are used to connect to O365

Regards
Satishbabu Gunukula

http://www.sqlserver-expert.com