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Tag Archives: powershell
PowerShell $env Variables
I was playing with containers the other day, reading a Simple Talk article on the topic, and noticed the code in PowerShell (PoSh) used the $env:xx syntax for variables. I know I’ve seen this before, but for some reason this … Continue reading
Loading All CSV Files with PowerShell
I ran across Denis Gobo’s post about working with names from Social Security cards and wanted to play with the dataset. However, rather than use xp_cmdshell, which I might have, I decided to use PowerShell. I need to repeat this … Continue reading
Copy-SqlJob, a handy dbatools cmdlet
One of the things I’ve often needed to do is move jobs around between instances of SQL Server. I’ll often test a job on one instance, maybe run it for awhile to see if it’s a useful addition to my … Continue reading
I’m on dbatools!
I made the front page of dbatools, as a part of the community that is supporting this project. Along with quite a few others, I’m happy to be there and doing my part to make SQL Server administration and scripting … Continue reading
Finding the Service Name–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. A quick one today, and this one I remembered without looking anything up. I recently needed the service name … Continue reading
Getting a VHD into Azure with PoSh
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I thought this would make a nice SQLNewBlogger post, an easy get started one. I used the docs from … Continue reading
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Delete an Azure SQL Database from PowerShell
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. One of the things I’ve been working on is trying to get my DevOps, continuous delivery pipeline working with … Continue reading
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Opening the PowerShell ISE from Explorer
This is a cool productivity trip, and one that I ran into by accident. I had heard that I could launch a command prompt by typing cmd in the address. That works, and it’s cool. It even works with ConEmu, … Continue reading
Get Your SQL Server Product Key with Powershell #dbatools
There are lots of tasks that are easily accomplished with both PowerShell and T-SQL. Get-SqlServerKey is a command that will find your product keys. It’s not often you might need this, but it’s a pain to track them down from … Continue reading
Finding Sysadmins with dba tools–GetDbaRoleMember
I’ve been wandering through the dbatools set of cmdlets, trying to see where various cmdlets are useful, and also practicing some PoSh skills. Recently I noticed there was a Get-DbaRoleMember cmdlet to use. Of course, when I tried to check … Continue reading
