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This book gives you the step-by-step foundation, practical exercises, and professional insights to not just use SQL Server - but master it.

Through a clear, structured learning path, you'll start from installation and configuration and progress all the way to enterprise-scale projects, AI-enhanced analytics, and DevOps automation. Every chapter combines hands-on coding, real-world database projects, and performance-tuning scenarios built around a realistic sample environment: BookstoreDB - a complete SQL Server project designed to help you learn by doing.

Inside This Comprehensive 2025 Edition, You'll Learn How To:

• Install, configure, and deploy SQL Server 2025 on Windows, Linux, or containers with confidence.
• Design reliable schemas using proper normalization, keys, and constraints - and know when to denormalize for performance.
• Master T-SQL programming with modern techniques for joins, subqueries, and Common Table Expressions (CTEs).
• Leverage new 2025 features like Regex functions, vector data search, and AI Copilot integration for intelligent data insights.
• Optimize performance using Query Store, Intelligent Query Processing, and vector-based indexing for similarity search.
• Secure your databases with row-level security, Always Encrypted with Secure Enclaves, and Microsoft Entra integration.
• Automate workflows with SQL Agent, PowerShell, and DevOps CI/CD pipelines for continuous deployment.
• Implement AI and analytics through Power BI, Synapse, and Data Lakes to build real-world, data-driven systems.
• Prepare for DP-300 Certification and design your professional career roadmap as a SQL Server data expert.

Who This Book Is For

This book is for developers, database administrators, data analysts, and DevOps professionals who want a complete, practical, future-ready guide to SQL Server 2025. Whether you're transitioning from SQL Server 2019 or 2022, building enterprise databases, or exploring hybrid cloud systems, this guide gives you everything you need to excel.

You'll gain the skills to design, optimize, and automate databases with the confidence of a senior data engineer - using methods, scripts, and workflows directly aligned with official Microsoft practices.

Why This Book Stands

• Step-by-step SQL walkthroughs
• Performance-tuning examples
• Troubleshooting tables and error diagnostics
• Project-based learning with BookstoreDB
• Modern DevOps and AI use cases

By the end, you'll not only understand how SQL Server 2025 works - you'll know how to use it to solve real business problems, automate critical processes, and prepare your data systems for the AI-driven future.

Perfect For Readers Who Want To:

• Advance their career as a SQL Server developer or DBA
• Transition from on-premises to cloud and hybrid environments
• Achieve Microsoft certification (DP-300)
• Build enterprise-ready solutions that scale securely and efficiently

Stay ahead of the curve in the AI-first era of data management
About the Author

Written by a seasoned technical author and database systems expert with deep experience in SQL Server, Azure, and modern data engineering. This book distills years of real-world knowledge into an accessible, practical roadmap that aligns with official Microsoft best practices.

Take Your SQL Server Skills to the Next Level

Whether you're a beginner looking to master the fundamentals or a professional preparing for cloud-scale architecture, this book is your complete path to becoming a confident, future-ready SQL Server 2025 expert.

Book details

• Full title: SQL Server 2025
• Subtitle: A Step-by-Step Guide for Developers and Data Professionals
• Author: Calissa Corinne
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350
• EAN: 9798274140256
• ID: 50602344
• Publisher: Independently published
• Weight: 813 g
• Dimensions: 280 × 216 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. November 2025

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