Chad Miller

Chad Miller is a Senior Manager of Database Administration at Raymond James Financial. Chad has worked with Microsoft SQL Server since 1999 and has been automating administration tasks using Windows Powershell since 2007. Chad is the Project Coordinator/Developer of the Powershell-based Codeplex project SQL Server PowerShell Extensions (SQLPSX). Chad leads the Tampa Powershell User Group and is a frequent speaker at users groups, SQL Saturdays and Code Camps.

Archives: November 2011

Importing CSV Files to SQL Server with PowerShell

Ed Wilson (Blog|Twitter) aka Scripting Guy is kicking off another guest blogger week (Nov 28th 2011) with my guest blog post, Four Easy Ways to Import CSV Files to SQL Server with PowerShell. The post demonstrates the following approaches to importing CSVs into a SQL… Read more

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Posted in Chad Miller on 28 November 2011

Some SQL Server Security Housekeeping

Managing SQL Server security changes in mass is something which screams automate it. Let’s look a at few examples using either T-SQL, a Centeral Management Server and Powershell.

Task #1 Remove a SQL Server Login from the Sysadmin Role

Let’s say you’re given the task to remove a login from… Read more

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Posted in Chad Miller on 14 November 2011

Delegated SQL Server Administration with Powershell

Providing delegated administration to groups that need to perform various security functions has always been a difficult task, but thanks to Powershell V3 (currently in CTP 1 as of this blog post) and PowerGUI we have new tools to provide a solution.

The Problem

You have groups outside of database… Read more

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Posted in Chad Miller on 7 November 2011

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