MCPmag

PowerShell vs. SQL Server Management Studio

When I (along with many other people) had a lot of trouble trying to install SQL Server Management Studio in an attempt to switch from the SQL Server 2008 R2 evaluation to the free Express version, I ...
MCPmag

Introduction to SQL Server Management Objects with PowerShell

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...
Redmond Magazine

Scheduling with the SQL Server Agent

It is possible to use the SQL Server Agent to execute PowerShell scripts. If you've worked with the SQL Server Agent to run jobs on your server, you already know that whenever you define a job step, ...
GitHub

sql-server-powershell.md

There are two SQL Server PowerShell modules; SqlServer and SQLPS. The SqlServer module is the current PowerShell module to use. The SQLPS module is included with the SQL Server installation (for ...
Redmond Magazine

PowerShell-Based SQL Server Backups Revisited, Part 2

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...
InfoWorld

When you should and shouldn’t use PowerShell in SQL Server

Use PowerShell to script objects on a schedule or in a special order. Use PowerShell if you need to switch between windows and SQL commands or even share data between the two. It’s much easier in ...
GitHub

SQLite to SQL Server migration fails on ComputerTag with IDENTITY_INSERT OFF

When migrating a PowerShell Universal SQLite database to SQL Server using psu.exe db migrate, the process fails during “Moving computers” with a SQL error: Cannot insert explicit value for identity ...