--- product_id: 37152494 title: "Pro SQL Server Internals" price: "£69.09" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/37152494-pro-sql-server-internals store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Pro SQL Server Internals **Price:** £69.09 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Pro SQL Server Internals - **How much does it cost?** £69.09 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/37152494-pro-sql-server-internals) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Improve your ability to develop, manage, and troubleshoot SQL Server solutions by learning how different components work “under the hood,” and how they communicate with each other. The detailed knowledge helps in implementing and maintaining high-throughput databases critical to your business and its customers. You’ll learn how to identify the root cause of each problem and understand how different design and implementation decisions affect performance of your systems. New in this second edition is coverage of SQL Server 2016 Internals, including In-Memory OLTP, columnstore enhancements, Operational Analytics support, Query Store, JSON, temporal tables, stretch databases, security features, and other improvements in the new SQL Server version. The knowledge also can be applied to Microsoft Azure SQL Databases that share the same code with SQL Server 2016. Pro SQL Server Internals is a book for developers and database administrators, and it covers multiple SQL Server versions starting with SQL Server 2005 and going all the way up to the recently released SQL Server 2016. The book provides a solid road map for understanding the depth and power of the SQL Server database server and teaches how to get the most from the platform and keep your databases running at the level needed to support your business. The book: • Provides detailed knowledge of new SQL Server 2016 features and enhancements • Includes revamped coverage of columnstore indexes and In-Memory OLTP • Covers indexing and transaction strategies • Shows how various database objects and technologies are implemented internally, and when they should or should not be used • Demonstrates how SQL Server executes queries and works with data and transaction log What You Will Learn Design and develop database solutions with SQL Server. Troubleshoot design, concurrency, and performance issues. Choose the right database objects and technologies for the job. Reduce costs and improve availability and manageability. Design disaster recovery and high-availability strategies. Improve performance of OLTP and data warehouse systems through in-memory OLTP and Columnstore indexes. Who This Book Is For Developers and database administrators who want to design, develop, and maintain systems in a way that gets the most from SQL Server. This book is an excellent choice for people who prefer to understand and fix the root cause of a problem rather than applying a 'band aid' to it. Review: Way Under the Hood - Assumes No Prior Knowledge - Great Book - Fantastic book on the storage and performance internals of SQL Server. Don't expect tips on administration best practices or T-SQL features for developers. However, if you want to understand how SQL Server is really working all the way up to 2016, this is a great book. However, grasping the concepts in this book *will* allow you design better performing databases and write more efficient queries. Would highly recommend for anyone doing database development or administration on SQL Server, particularly with the recent updates to features such as ColumnStore indexes, which really change the storage mode of the table. Review: This is a GEM! - This is an incredible book on SQLServer Internals! Any DBA should have this gem on their shelf. There are several great examples and scripts to bring over to your toolbox. I really enjoyed the explanations, examples and scripts to see for yourself. Grab this book and get a much better example of how things work under the covers. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,763,728 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #88 in Network Storage & Retrieval Administration #478 in Database Storage & Design #2,123 in Databases & Big Data | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 51 Reviews | ## Images ![Pro SQL Server Internals - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61pRWp2WZ0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Way Under the Hood - Assumes No Prior Knowledge - Great Book *by B***Y on August 8, 2017* Fantastic book on the storage and performance internals of SQL Server. Don't expect tips on administration best practices or T-SQL features for developers. However, if you want to understand how SQL Server is really working all the way up to 2016, this is a great book. However, grasping the concepts in this book *will* allow you design better performing databases and write more efficient queries. Would highly recommend for anyone doing database development or administration on SQL Server, particularly with the recent updates to features such as ColumnStore indexes, which really change the storage mode of the table. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a GEM! *by J***S on July 6, 2018* This is an incredible book on SQLServer Internals! Any DBA should have this gem on their shelf. There are several great examples and scripts to bring over to your toolbox. I really enjoyed the explanations, examples and scripts to see for yourself. Grab this book and get a much better example of how things work under the covers. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very in-depth book that explains the "why" behind many things ... *by C***L on December 29, 2017* Very in-depth book that explains the "why" behind many things. I had my MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014 before reading this, and I'm still learning a ton from it. There are lots of code examples and comparative benchmarks for different approaches, which is extremely helpful. ## Frequently Bought Together - Pro SQL Server Internals - SQL Performance Explained Everything Developers Need to Know about SQL Performance - SQL Server Advanced Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning: Best Practices and Techniques --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/37152494-pro-sql-server-internals](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/37152494-pro-sql-server-internals) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-06-23*