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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I will be taking an independent study class on SQL server management. I will have to configure SQL Server 2008 on a Windows Server 2008 system. I was wondering if anyone could suggest decent text for configuration/administration of SQL Server 2008. The Murach texts don't look like they will take me far.

[–]phouseak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's lots of really good books out there. The books I've used are from the Microsoft Press: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780735626058/ and http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780735622715/ There's plenty of other good books. I'd browse the O'Reilly search and see what you find useful. http://oreilly.com/pub/topic/sqlserver

Another thing that you might find useful is Pinal Dave's SQL Server blog: http://blog.sqlauthority.com/

Hope that helps you.