Install SQL Server using Powershell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
This article shows the basics of using PowerShell Desired State Configuration to install a SQL Server.
2023-05-29
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This article shows the basics of using PowerShell Desired State Configuration to install a SQL Server.
2023-05-29
1,145 reads
In this third level of the Stairway, we examine how to store your encryption certificate in the Azure Key Vault.
2022-05-18 (first published: 2020-06-24)
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Learn how a Jenkins server can be used to schedule SQL scripts to execute against SQL Server.
2020-12-22
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Introduction PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language; it is designed specifically for system administrators and power-users, to rapidly automate the administration of multiple operating systems (Linux, OSX, and Windows) and the processes related to the applications that run on those operating systems. For system administrators (DBAs\Wintel Admins), creating PowerShell scripts is a […]
2020-12-10
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Configuration of SQL Server Always on in Azure Virtual machines differs in multiple ways comparing with the on-premise Implementations. This article will help you to have a handy note to configure always on in Azure servers from a DBA perspective.
2020-09-04 (first published: 2018-12-06)
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In the second level of the stairway to TDE, we examine how you can restore your databases on another instance after moving the encryption certificate.
2020-05-20
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The first level of the Stairway to TDE will explain how the feature works and how to set this up on one of your instances and databases.
2020-04-29
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This article is to explain a scenario I started facing in my work environment after some Windows Security patches rolled out .
A required privilege is not held by the client. The step failed.
2018-07-16
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This article will give you insight to understand how you can schedule a powershell script you have written using SQL Server Agent.
2018-05-22
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Install Visual Studio 2015 in Windows Server without Internet Connection
2018-01-15
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Yesterday at Microsoft Build, a significant announcement took place—the introduction of Microsoft Fabric, which...
Introduced with SQL 2016, Query Store was, probably without doubt, the most anticipated and...
By Steve Jones
A customer asked about how they could organize their migration scripts in different ways...
I'm trying to create an SSIS package that will query a master control table...
I have a production server with SQL server 2016 version (13.0.5026.0) and a database...
I am trying to use unpivot to extract some data, however, the results are...