This title is the definitive, comprehensive daily operations guide to planning, deployment, and maintenance of Microsoft SQL Server(tm) 2000. Administrators will learn how to use this scalable, high-performance relational database management system to solve complex business challenges, launch Internet-based solutions, and lower the cost and complexity of distributed database solutions. This comprehensive reference has been thoroughly updated to introduce the new features of both Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and the Microsoft Windows(r) 2000 operating system. It includes a greatly expanded section about installation and setup, an example-rich section on how to use SQL Server 2000 to create and modify databases, and information about built-in features such as DTC, MTS, and OLAP services. It also includes a section that focuses on management, tuning, maintenance, and troubleshooting. All in all, it's the must-have daily operations guide for the SQL Server database administrator.