Quickly Creating Test Users in SQL Server with PowerShell using the sqlserver module and dbatools

One of the most visited posts on my blog is nearly two and half years old now – Add User to...

SQL VNext sp_configure on Windows and Linux with dbatools

This weekend I set up some SQL vNext virtual machines, two on Windows and one on Linux so that I...

Adding a T-SQL Job Step to a SQL Agent Job with PowerShell

In my last post, I explained how to alter an existing job step across many servers. I also had cause...

Altering a Job Step on Hundreds of SQL Servers with PowerShell

I flew to Utrecht last week to present with Chrissy LeMaire and Sander Stad to present to the joint Dutch...

Using the PowerShell SQL Provider with SQL Authentication

Whilst having a conversation with Chrissy LeMaire last week about using the SQL Provider. She asked if it could use SQL...

A Whole Day of PowerShell and SQL – Join Chrissy LeMaire & I at #sqlsatvienna

SQL Saturday Vienna 2017 is only just around the corner.
On Friday, January 20, 2017, a lot of local and international...

Running SQL Queries with Visual Studio Code

Reading this blog post by Shawn Melton Introduction of Visual Studio Code for DBAs reminded me that whilst I use...

2016 – That was a Year :-)

Its the time of year for reflection and I have had the most amazing 2016, I am blessed that I love...

Deploying a Windows Data Science Virtual Machine to Azure with PowerShell easily

This weekend (10 December 2016), I went to Slovenia for a SQL Saturday. As always, it was an amazing event...

Enabling Cortana for dbareports PowerBi

Last week at the Birmingham user group I gave a presentation about PowerShell and SQL Server

It was a very packed...