SQL DBA With A Beard

When I was at PowerShell Conference EU in Hannover last month (The videos are available now – click here and the...

2016-05-24

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DBA Database scripts are on Github

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

It started with a tweet from Dusty

The second session I presented at the fantastic PowerShell Conference Europe was about using the...

2016-05-16

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A Day In The Life of a SQLBits Volunteer

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

So SQLBits has finished for another year. About 1500 people registered for the largest SQL Conference in Europe held over...

2016-05-10

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Using PowerShell to set Extended Events Sessions to AutoStart

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

When you look after more than a few SQL Servers you will need to perform the same actions against a...

2016-04-08 (first published: 2016-03-28)

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Backing up to URL container name – case is important

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

If you use SQL Backup to URL to backup your databases to Azure blob storage remember that for the container name...

2016-03-11 (first published: 2016-03-03)

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PowerShell Pester Testing for Parameter Validation

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

This error caught me out. I am putting this post here firstly to remind me if I do it again...

2016-02-08 (first published: 2016-01-31)

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PowerShell Pester Testing for Parameter Validation

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

This error caught me out. I am putting this post here firstly to remind me if I do it again...

2016-01-31

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PowerShell Pester – "The script failed due to call depth overflow."

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

This error caught me out. I am putting this post here firstly to remind me if I do it again...

2016-02-04 (first published: 2016-01-31)

1,711 reads

PowerShell Pester – "The script failed due to call depth overflow."

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

This error caught me out. I am putting this post here firstly to remind me if I do it again...

2016-01-31

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by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

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2016-01-14

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SQL DBA With A Beard

Some Pester Tests for SQL Defaults

DBA Database scripts are on Github

A Day In The Life of a SQLBits Volunteer

Using PowerShell to set Extended Events Sessions to AutoStart

Backing up to URL container name – case is important

PowerShell Pester Testing for Parameter Validation

PowerShell Pester Testing for Parameter Validation

PowerShell Pester – "The script failed due to call depth overflow."

PowerShell Pester – "The script failed due to call depth overflow."

Temporary Post Used For Theme Detection (7bc987a8-70ff-4bce-b0b5-d4bad4ef7912 – 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7)

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