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.

SQL Server Powershell Extensions PowerGUI PowerPack

by Chad Miller

Chad Miller

If you've been working with Powershell, you most certainly have heard of PowerGUI, for those of you who haven't PowerGUI is...

2009-07-24

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Orlando PASS User Group Presentation

by Chad Miller

Chad Miller

I presented a one-hour session for Orlando PASS User Group on Powershell and SQL Server. I had previously given this talk...

2009-07-12

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Powershell Charting with MS Chart Controls

by Chad Miller

Chad Miller

Richard MacDonald's demonstrates using Microsoft Chart Controls with Powershell in his post, Charting with Powershell. The chart controls are free and work with...

2009-07-09

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Powershell SQL Server Backup/Restore

by Chad Miller

Chad Miller

I posted a script on Poshcode for doing backups and restores of SQL Server databases using SMO. The script is...

2009-07-01

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SQLPSX Release 1.6

by Chad Miller

Chad Miller

I completed Release 1.6 of SQLPSX which adds support for SQL Authentication and addresses several issues. SQLPSX consists of 106 functions,...

2009-06-28

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Powershell + SMO Error Handling Tips

by Chad Miller

Chad Miller

Allen White posted a helpful post on SMO error handling with Powershell. Actually the same concept equally applies to SMO...

2009-06-25

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Adventures in Powershell SSIS Administration Programming

by Chad Miller

Chad Miller

In January 2009, I released version 1.4 of SQL Server Powershell Extensions which included a Library of functions for working with...

2009-06-19

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Creating Red Gate SQL Compare Snapshots with Powershell

by Chad Miller

Chad Miller

Co-worker and fellow DBA,, John O'Shea developed a Powershell script to create Red Gate SQL Compare snapshot files. Check out...

2009-06-17

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Give Me a Coconut and Six Months

by Chad Miller

Chad Miller

Tim Benninghof tagged me with the question. "So You’re On A Deserted Island With WiFi and you’re still on the...

2009-06-13

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Backup Monitoring and Reporting

by Chad Miller

SQLServerCentral.com

Backup and restore

Ensuring that you can recover your server is critical. Chad Miller shows us how to accomplish daily backup monitoring and reporting.

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2009-06-04

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