Using SQL Server Tutorials

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Tutorials assist in learning new functionality in SQL Server. To access the tutorials, open the table of contents for SQL Server Books Online, or, from the Start menu, point to All Programs, point to the Microsoft SQL Server program group, point to Documentation and Tutorials, point to Tutorials, and click SQL Server Tutorials.

The following table describes the tutorials for this release.

• Management tools tutorials
  Tutorial: SQL Server Management Studio

  Tutorial: sqlcmd Utility

  Tutorial: Database Engine Tuning Advisor

  Tutorial: Administering Servers by Using Declarative Management Framework Policies

• Analysis Services tutorials
  Data Mining Tutorial

• Reporting Services tutorials
  Tutorial: Creating a Basic Report

  Tutorial: Adding Grouping, Sorting, and Formatting to a Basic Report

  Tutorial: Creating a Report Model

  Tutorial: Accessing the Report Server Web Service Using Visual Basic or Visual C#

  Tutorial: Generating RDL Using the .NET Framework

• Integration Services tutorial
  Creating a Simple ETL Package Tutorial

• SQL Server Replication tutorial
  Tutorial: Creating a Data-Driven Subscription

AdventureWorks Sample Databases

Getting SQL Server 'Katmai' Assistance