Background The dbatools module is broadly used and is an ever-growing set of useful commands. While looking for some inspiration I checked the old issues logged on the GitHub repository. Finally, I found this one Remove-DbaDbMail Profile and Account · Issue #4990 · sqlcollaborative/dbatools (github.com). The issue was more than 2.5 years old (32 months). […]
2021-11-01
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A frustrating time importing CSV files leads Steve to test the different options.
2021-07-14
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Create a quick application that stores your favorite queries that you can use to quickly connect to any server and return the results.
2021-03-08
When was last time you have checked your Always On Availability Groups' replicas storage distribution?
2020-11-09
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-WhatIf you could see what would happen if you ran a command?
2020-10-23
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A colleague left the company, a couple of days after SQL Server processes start failing...what do you do?
2020-09-29
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If you own a database with encrypted modules but you don't have a decrypted version, this can be a horror story.
Learn how to get back the code of the encrypted modules using dbatools.
2020-08-18
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Being able to get information and save it on a Excel as a report can be a common and tedious task. What if we could join dbatools and ImportExcel PorwerShell modules to accomplish this in a easier and fast way? We will see how to export roles and its' member and save that info on a multi spreadsheet Excel file with handy tables ready to be explored.
2020-06-30
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Recently I had the need to help someone download some data from SQL Server as a part of an automated process. In this case, the person wanted to use PowerShell (PoSh), since they were performing a few other actions with PoSh as well. This article is a short tutorial on exporting data from SQL Server […]
2020-01-02
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If you have a list of striped backup files, how can you find the latest backup set? Steve Jones uses dbatools and PowerShell to automate this process.
2019-10-03
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Thanks all for joining me for two sessions at SQLSaturday Minnesota 2023, and for...
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