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, ...

Learn how to use PowerShell cmdlets to navigate the path structures that represent the hierarchy of objects supported by a PowerShell provider. The [!INCLUDEssDE] PowerShell provider exposes the set ...

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 ...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...

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 ...

In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...

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 ...

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