To wrap up this series of PowerShell articles, let's take a look at a few tips and tricks for working with PowerShell in SQL Server on a regular basis.

PowerShell offers a lightweight and efficient solution for backing up SQL Server Express databases on local workstations without the need for full system backups.

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 ...

When creating automation scripts to discover, add, update or remove records from a remote SQL database, you need to make sure your script can successfully connect to the database.

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 ...

When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server up and running.

If the script needs to be network tolerant and is running locally, keeping it inline or dot sourcing a local copy may be helpful. For less critical scripts, I dot source from a network share.