The PowerShell community is a treasure trove of amazing modules and scripts that you can find online and use in your day-to-day operations. It doesn't matter the platform or the purpose, there is ...

Introduction Automating the installation of SQL Server using PowerShell can simplify the deployment process, particularly in environments where multiple instances are needed. This guide provides a ...

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. To wrap up this series of PowerShell articles, ...

Automation software company Puppet Labs has launched a range of new products to manage Windows environments. The new Puppet Supported Microsoft SQL Server module, which enables admins to quickly ...

Functionality covered includes finding our server properties, disk utilization, discover sql instance in network, find license keys, setup mail profile, setup dba operator, get backup history, audit ...

There are lots of ways to create MSSQL databases via PowerShell. We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if ...

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 ...