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A Great Case for Powershell

I think PowerShell is a great addition to the Microsoft stack. Given the previous versions of VBScript, Perl and Python ports, and more on Windows, PowerShell is a great improvement. Even for someone that spent a lot of time in … Continue reading

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Checking Tempdb with dbatools

I really like the dbatools project. This is a series of PowerShell cmdlets that are built by the community and incredibly useful for migrations between SQL Servers, but also for various administrative actions. I have a short series on these … Continue reading

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Remove-DbaBackup with dbatools

I really like the dbatools project. This is a series of PowerShell cmdlets that are built by the community and incredibly useful for migrations between SQL Servers, but also for various administrative actions. I have a short series on these … Continue reading

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dbatools is Growing Up

The dbatools.io project is growing up rapidly. I went to check something the other day and I was amazed at the command list. This used to fit on one page. Now it’s not close. Here’s the first page: In fact, it … Continue reading

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