Rob Sewell

Rob was a SQL Server DBA with a passion for Powershell, Azure, Automation, and SQL (PaaS geddit?). Now he just helps people. He is a Cloud and Data Center MVP and a Data Platform MVP, an officer for the PASS DevOps Virtual Chapter, co-leader of Data South West and PSConf EU organiser and has spoken at and volunteered at many Data and PowerShell events all over the world. He is a proud supporter of the Data and Powershell communities.

He relishes sharing and learning and can be found doing both via Twitter and his blog. He spends most of his time looking at a screen and loves to solve problems. He knows that looking at a screen so much is bad for him because his wife tells him so. Thus, you can find him on the cricket field in the summer and flying a drone in the winter.

He has a fabulous beard

Twitter: @@SQLDbaWithBeard
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/robsewellsqldba

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Spinach and Database Development- SQLSatExeter Keynote

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

Last weekend, we held our SQL Saturday event in Exeter. It was a brilliant event for many reasons but we...

2015-04-30

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Checking SQL Server User Role Membership with PowerShell

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

SQLDBAwithTheBeard:
Please go and check the New SQL Bloggers posting here https://twitter.com/search?q=%23sqlnewblogger There are some brilliant new and older bloggers adding great value...

2015-04-24 (first published: 2015-04-14)

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Instances and Ports with PowerShell

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

Just a quick post and a day late for #SQLNewBlogger There are some excellent posts on that hashtag and I...

2015-04-22

1,430 reads

PowerShelling SQL Saturday Sessions to the Guidebook app

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

Following on from my previous post about parsing XML where I used the information from Steve Jones blog post to...

2015-04-07

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Parsing XML Child Nodes and Converting to DateTime with PowerShell

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

As part of my organiser role for SQLSaturday Exeter (Training Day Information here and Saturday Information here) I needed to...

2015-03-31 (first published: 2015-03-21)

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Speaking at PowerShell Virtual Chapter and SQL Cardiff User Group this month

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

Just a quick post to say that I will be speaking at the PowerShell Virtual Chapter meeting this Thursday at 4pm...

2015-03-17

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Triggering a System Center Configuration Manager deployment task

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

A slightly different topic today.
Once you have built up knowledge, you become the person that people ask to solve things....

2015-03-02 (first published: 2015-02-18)

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Show AutoGrowth Events with Powershell to CSV

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

This week I was reading Pinal Daves post about Autogrowth Events
http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2015/02/03/sql-server-script-whenwho-did-auto-grow-for-the-database/
as it happened I had a requirement to make use...

2015-02-25 (first published: 2015-02-15)

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