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# Database Features
  This section contains the features and tasks associated with databases, database objects, data types, and the mechanisms used to work with or manage data.  
  
## In This Section  
  
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|[Databases](databases/databases.md)|[Back Up and Restore of SQL Server Databases](backup-restore/back-up-and-restore-of-sql-server-databases.md)|  
|[Tables](tables/tables.md)|[Sequence Numbers](sequence-numbers/sequence-numbers.md)|[Bulk Import and Export of Data (SQL Server)](import-export/bulk-import-and-export-of-data-sql-server.md)|  
|[In-Memory OLTP (In-Memory Optimization)](in-memory-oltp/in-memory-oltp-in-memory-optimization.md)|[DDL Triggers](triggers/ddl-triggers.md)|[Data Compression](data-compression/data-compression.md)|  
|[Indexes](indexes/indexes.md)|[DML Triggers](triggers/dml-triggers.md)|[OLE Automation Objects in Transact-SQL](stored-procedures/ole-automation-objects-in-transact-sql.md)|  
|[Partitioned Tables and Indexes](partitions/partitioned-tables-and-indexes.md)|[Synonyms (Database Engine)](synonyms/synonyms-database-engine.md)|[Event Notifications](service-broker/event-notifications.md)|  
|[Views](views/views.md)|[XML Data (SQL Server)](xml/xml-data-sql-server.md)|[Monitor and Tune for Performance](performance/monitor-and-tune-for-performance.md)|  
|[Stored Procedures (Database Engine)](stored-procedures/stored-procedures-database-engine.md)|[Spatial Data (SQL Server)](spatial/spatial-data-sql-server.md)||  
|[Search (SQL Server)](../database-engine/search-sql-server.md)|[Binary Large Object (Blob) Data (SQL Server)](blob/binary-large-object-blob-data-sql-server.md)||  
|[User-Defined Functions](user-defined-functions/user-defined-functions.md)|[Data-tier Applications](data-tier-applications/data-tier-applications.md)||  
|[Statistics](statistics/statistics.md)|[The Transaction Log (SQL Server)](logs/the-transaction-log-sql-server.md)||  
|[Plan Guides](performance/plan-guides.md)|[Database Checkpoints (SQL Server)](logs/database-checkpoints-sql-server.md)||