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What’s New and Best Practice Sidebars
Two sidebar features are specifi c to this book: the What’s New sidebars and the Best Practice
sidebars.What’s New with SQL Server Feature
Whenever possible and practical, a sidebar will be included that highlights the relevant new features
covered in the chapter. Often, these sidebars also alert you to which features have been eliminated
and which are deprecated. Usually, these sidebars are placed near the beginning of the chapter.Best Practice
This book is based on the real-life experiences of SQL Server developers and administrators. To enable
you to benefi t from all that experience, the best practices have been pulled out in sidebar form wher-
ever and whenever they apply.Where to Go from Here
There’s a whole world of SQL Server. Dig in. Explore. Play with SQL Server. Try out new
ideas, and post questions in the Wrox forums (monitored by the author team) if you have
questions or discover something cool. You can fi nd the forums at http://www.wrox.com.Come to a conference or user group where the authors are speaking. They would love to meet
you in person and sign your book. You can learn where and when on SQLSaturday.com and
SQLPASS.org.With a topic as large as SQL Server and a community this strong, a lot of resources are
available. But there’s a lot of hubris around SQL Server, too; for recommended additional
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