Automating and testing your SQL Server environment has never been easier. Now you can put down your manual checklists and skillfully: In Cláudio Silva's Friday morning session, he'll be focusing on ...

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 ...

Before you can document your SQL Server environment with SQL Power Doc you'll to meet the following requirements: Permissions - SQL Power Doc makes connections to standalone SQL Server instances using ...

This post was authored by Ayo Olubeko, Program Manager, Data Developer Group. The July update for SSMS includes the first substantial improvement in SQL PowerShell in many years. We owe a lot of ...

Managing SQL Server efficiently requires regular maintenance to ensure optimal performance, security, and availability. Automating these tasks with PowerShell can save time, reduce errors, and improve ...

If you setup jobs on SQL Servers you will know that you can use PowerShell commands. If you're like me you have done more with executables, SSIS jobs and BAT files. That being said. PowerShell is so ...

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 ...

I’ve created a script that monitors a table in a SQL Server database. I’m only interested in one column in the table: TimeStamp. If the maximum (newest) value in TimeStamp is more than 30 minutes ...

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 ...