Pester 4.2.0 has a Because…… because :-)

I was going through my demo for the South Coast User Group meeting tonight and decided to add some details...

Using the AST in Pester for dbachecks

TagLine – My goal – Chrissy will appreciate Unit Tests one day
Chrissy has written about dbachecks the new up and coming...

Converting a Datarow to a JSON object with PowerShell

This is just a quick post. As is frequent with these they are as much for me to refer to...

Handling Missing Instances when Looping with Pester

In my previous posts about writing your first Pester Test and looping through instances I described how you can start...

2 Ways to Loop through collections in Pester

In my last post I showed you how to write your first Pester test to validate something. Here’s a recap
Decide...

Comparing Agent Jobs across Availability Group Replicas with PowerShell

On the plane home from PAS Summit I was sat next to someone who had also attended and when he...

Using Plaster To Create a New PowerShell Module

Chrissy, CK and I presented a pre-con at PASS Summit in Seattle last week

Tracey Boggiano T | B came along to our...

Write Your first Pester Test Today

I was in Glasgow this Friday enjoying the fantastic hospitality of the Glasgow SQL User Group@SQLGlasgow and presenting sessions with Andre...

TSQL2sDay – Folks Who Have Made a Difference

This months TSQL2sDay is an absolute brilliant one hosted by Ewald Cress
the opportunity to give a shout-out to people (well-known...

dbatools with SQL on Docker and running SQL queries

I had a question from my good friend Andrew Pruski dbafromthecold on twitter or SQL Container Man as I call...