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Tools of the T rade<br />

Now that we know something about the many types of objects that exist in <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong>, we probably<br />

should get to know something about how to find these objects, and how to monitor your system in<br />

general.<br />

In this chapter, we will look into the tools that serve <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong>’s base engine (the relational database<br />

engine — tools for managing the add-on services in the chapters where we cover each of those services).<br />

Some of them offer only a small number of highly specialized tasks; others do many different<br />

things. Most of them have been around in <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong> in one form or another for a long time.<br />

The tools we will look at in this chapter will be:<br />

❑ <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong> Books Online<br />

❑ <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong> Configuration Manager<br />

❑ <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong> Management Studio<br />

❑ <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong> Integration Services (SSIS), including the Import/Export Wizard<br />

❑ Database Engine Tuning Advisor<br />

❑ Reporting Services Configuration Manager<br />

❑ Bulk Copy Program (bcp)<br />

❑ Profiler<br />

❑ sqlcmd<br />

❑ PowerShell<br />

Books Online<br />

Is Books Online a tool? I think so. Let’s face it. It doesn’t matter how many times you read this or<br />

any other book on <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong>; you’re not going to remember everything you’ll ever need to know<br />

about <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong>. <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong> is one of my mainstay products, and I still can’t remember it all.<br />

Books Online is simply one of the most important tools you’re going to find in <strong>SQL</strong> <strong>Server</strong>.

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