SQL Server Migration
Some SQL migrations require keeping the server name, instance name, IP, and port number. Geoff Ruble shares some notes on his recent experience with a SQL Server migration.
2018-07-20 (first published: 2015-10-12)
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With SQL Powershell, you can check all your database backups in minutes, whether you have ten SQL servers or 100.
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