HTTP 403 error – PowerShell Remoting, Different Domains and Proxies
On my day to day work I use Nagios monitoring software. I want to add some custom SQL Server scripts...
2017-09-04
1,827 reads
Cláudio Silva
Offline Microsoft Documentation? Download it!
On my last article I shared how we can now Contribute to Microsoft Documentation. Today I bring another quick tip...
2017-08-30
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Contribute to Microsoft Documentation
Times have changed and Microsoft has changed the way we can contribute for documentation!
We already have access to the source...
2017-08-28
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I will be speaking at PowerShell Conference Asia 2017
Which better way could I have to launch my blog if not with great news ?!
I am so happy and excited to announce that I will be speaking at PowerShell...
2017-08-25
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“Does that copy subscriptions too?” – Now it does! New PowerShell SSRS commands
On my last post “SSRS Report Deployment Made Easy – 700 Times Faster” I showed how you can rely on the...
2017-08-15 (first published: 2017-07-27)
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SSRS Report Deployment Made Easy – 700 times Faster
Back in October 2016, Microsoft started a new GitHub repository – ReportingServicesTools – an open source PowerShell module to manage SQL Server...
2017-07-12
3,945 reads
Have you backed up your SQL Logins today?
Why am I asking?
Have you never have been in a situation where:
the master backup is corruptedyou need to rollback a password...
2017-06-22
416 reads
It is possible to run scripts inside SSMS on multiple instances without using CMS? Yes, it is!
Today I will write about an option that is less known/used in the SSMS tool. The ‘SQLCMD Mode’ option.
What is...
2017-02-14
4,121 reads
Analysis of DBA professionals salary’s 2017 using PowerBI
On the 5th of January, Brent Ozar (b|t) launched a survey on “Tell Us What You Make: The 2017 Data Professional...
2017-01-23
423 reads
Find and fix SQL Server databases with empty owner property using dbatools PowerShell module
A few days ago I came across with a error that says “Property Owner is not available for database [XXXXXXX].”....
2017-01-19
1,129 reads
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Backing Up a DMK
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