Cloud Database Development and Management (Hardcover)

Although today’s job market requires IT professionals to understand cloud computing theories and have hands-on skills for developing real-world database systems, there are few books available that integrate coverage of both. Filling this void, Cloud Database Development and Management explains how readers can take advantage of the cloud environment to develop their own fully functioning database systems without any additional investment in IT infrastructure.

Filled with step-by-step instructions, examples, and hands-on projects, the book begins by providing readers with the required foundation in database systems and cloud-based database development tools. It supplies detailed instructions on setting up data storage on Windows Azure and also explains how readers can develop their own virtual machines with Windows Server 2012 as the guest operating system.

The book’s wide-ranging coverage includes database design, database implementation, database deployment to the cloud environment, SQL Database, Table Storage service, Blob Storage service, Queue Storage service, and database application development. The text deals with all three aspects of database design: conceptual design, logical design, and physical design. It introduces the SQL language, explains how to use SQL to create database objects, and introduces the migration of the database between Windows Azure and the on-premises SQL Server. It also discusses the management tasks that keep both SQL Database and Windows Azure running smoothly.

Detailing how to design, implement, and manage database systems in the cloud, the book provides you with tools that can make your cloud database development much more efficient and flexible. Its easy-to-follow instructions will help you develop the hands-on skills needed to store and manage critical business information and to make that data available anytime through the Internet.

雖然當今的就業市場要求IT專業人士理解雲端運算理論並具備開發實際資料庫系統的實務技能，但很少有書籍同時涵蓋這兩方面的內容。填補這一空白，《雲端資料庫開發與管理》解釋了讀者如何利用雲端環境開發自己的完全功能資料庫系統，而無需額外投資於IT基礎設施。

本書充滿了逐步指導、範例和實作專案，首先為讀者提供了資料庫系統和基於雲端的資料庫開發工具所需的基礎知識。它提供了在Windows Azure上設置資料儲存的詳細指導，並解釋了讀者如何使用Windows Server 2012作為客戶操作系統來開發自己的虛擬機器。

本書的廣泛涵蓋範圍包括資料庫設計、資料庫實作、資料庫部署到雲端環境、SQL資料庫、表格儲存服務、Blob儲存服務、佇列儲存服務和資料庫應用程式開發。本書涵蓋了資料庫設計的三個方面：概念設計、邏輯設計和物理設計。它介紹了SQL語言，解釋了如何使用SQL來創建資料庫物件，並介紹了在Windows Azure和本地SQL Server之間遷移資料庫。它還討論了保持SQL資料庫和Windows Azure平穩運行的管理任務。

本書詳細介紹了如何在雲端中設計、實作和管理資料庫系統，並提供了能夠使您的雲端資料庫開發更加高效和靈活的工具。其易於遵循的指導將幫助您發展所需的實務技能，以存儲和管理關鍵的業務資訊，並通過互聯網隨時隨地提供該資料。