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