33 SQL, .NET, SysAdmin and Professional Development Ebooks

Red-Gate.com operates a hub of free technological ebooks and is a technical publisher specializing in database and programming technologies. Their authors are practitioners at the top of their game who have the urge to share their knowledge and expertise with others. All of the ebooks are available in PDF format and are totally free to download.

Currently they have a total of 6 SQL Dev ebooks, 17 SQL DBA ebooks, 2 .NET ebooks, 2 SysAdmin ebooks, 3 Professional Development ebooks and 3 mini ebooks touching Asp.net and SQL.

You can visit their main page to browse through their list of free ebooks, or you can just click on the links below to go straight to each of the individual download page.

SQL Dev

• SQL Server Source Control Basics by Robert Sheldon, Rob Richardson & Tony Davis
• SQL Server Execution Plans by Grant Fritchey
• Inside the SQL Server Query Optimizer by Benjamin Nevarez
• The Redgate Guide to SQL Server Team-based Development by Phil Factor, Grant Fritchey, Alex Kuznetsov, and Mladen Prajdic
• Defensive Database Programming by Alex Kuznetsov
• The Art of XSD by Jacob Sebastian

SQL DBA

• SQL Server Internals: In-Memory OLTP (Second Edition) by Kalen Delaney
• Fundamentals of SQL Server 2012 Replication by Sebastian Meine
• SQL Server Transaction Log Management by Tony Davis and Gail Shaw
• The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM by Jacob Sebastian and Sven Aelterman
• SQL Server Concurrency: Locking, Blocking and Row Versioning by Kalen Delaney
• SQL Server Backup and Restore by Shawn McGehee
• Troubleshooting SQL Server: A Guide for the Accidental DBA by Jonathan Kehayias and Ted Krueger
• SQL Server Hardware by Glenn Berry
• SQL Server Statistics by Holger Schmeling
• Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views by Tim Ford and Louis Davidson
• Brad’s Sure Guide to SQL Server Maintenance Plans by Brad McGehee
• Best of SQLServerCentral.com Vol 7 by SQLServerCentral.com Authors
• Protecting SQL Server Data by John Magnabosco
• SQL Server Tacklebox by Rodney Landrum
• How to Become an Exceptional DBA by Brad McGehee
• SQL Server Stumpers Vol.5 by SQLServerCentral.com Authors
• Mastering SQL Server Profiler by Brad McGehee

.NET

• Under the Hood of .NET Memory Management by Chris Farrell and Nick Harrison
• .NET Performance Testing and Optimization by Paul Glavich and Chris Farrell

SysAdmin

• The SysAdmin Handbook – The Best of Simple Talk by Various authors
• Exchange 2010 – A Practical Approach by Jaap Wesselius

Professional Development

• The Redgate Guide to Working with a PA by Lottie Mackintosh
• Don’t Just Roll the Dice by Neil Davidson
• Confessions of an IT Manager by Phil Factor

Mini Ebooks

• 50 Ways to Avoid Find and Fix ASP.NET Performance Issues by Various authors
• 25 Secrets for Faster ASP.NET Applications by Various authors
• SQL Code Smells by Phil Factor