Installing Old Versions of PowerShell Modules with Their Dependencies

I don’t recall where this came up (probably in SQLSlack), but I had a need to install an older version of dbatools to test something related to loading the...

Summer Speaking Summary 2025

In the blink of an eye, summer has passed. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for things to get back to “normal” after 10 weeks of events...

T-SQL Tuesday 188 - Growing the Younger Data Community and Speakers

T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month. This month, John Sterrett
(blog) asks us:

What are you doing, or what can we do...

Speaking Engagements 2025

It’s been a minute since I’ve gotten out to speak at events, but the second half of 2025 is going to be packed.

T-SQL Tuesday #186 Roundup - Managing Agent Jobs

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday!

Here’s a roundup of the posts.

T-SQL Tuesday #186 - Agent Job History Visualization

I’m hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month and our topic is Managing SQL Agent Jobs. In this post, we’ll be taking a look at a very handy combination of dbatools...

Testing for End of Month in PowerShell

This is one of those blog posts you write so that 2 years later, you can look it up to remind yourself how to do something.
I found myself needing...

T-SQL Tuesday #186 Invitation - Managing Agent Jobs

This month, I am hosting T-SQL Tuesday for the very first time. T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party originally created by Adam Machanic in 2009 and currently curated...

T-SQL Tuesday 185 - Produce a Video!

T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month. This month, Erik Darling
(blog) asks us to produce a video

You can talk about whatever...

On the Internet, the Walls Have Ears

I received a sobering reminder this week of a lesson we all have learned or should have learned long ago. Something I said online came back around months later...