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30 day countdown to 1.0 starts today!

Today marks the 30 day countdown to dbatools 1.0, which we will be debuting at Data Grillen in Lingen, Germany! These next 30 days are important and I’m writing...

Scripting SQL Server objects with dbatools – Beyond default options

Probably you had the need to script out some objects from a SQL Server instance/database and this is quite easy. You just need to right click on the object...
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Is there a UNION in PowerShell

It has been a while ago since I’ve blogged so it seems fitting that this post will be about a question that was asked of me a while ago....

Public Preview of PowerShell in Azure Functions 2.x

Over the last six months, Microsoft have been hard at work integrating PowerShell Core with Azure Functions 2.x.

Automatic gathering of SQL Server configuration by using PowerShell

Through this guide, you’ll learn how to capture a few SQL Server configurations and manipulate the data by using PowerShell.

Call SQL Server Stored Procedures with PowerShell using Parameter Objects

In this tip we look at how we can use PowerShell to validate input values into SQL Server stored procedures prior to execution of the stored procedure

When does a Failing Pester Test return Green?

I’ve been working more with different people in different departments more and more lately at work.

Building an inventory view of SQL Servers with dbatools

The situation Hey all, I am Andreas Schubert and I am working as a Principal Consultant and Database Reliability Engineer for SQL Server & Azure for multiple national and...

Reporting on the Status of Clones During Database Development

Phil Factor uses SQL Clone, PowerShell and Visio to build a live 'clone network' diagram showing when there was last activity on each clone, and the number of object changes made to each one, alongside useful metadata such as the clone and image sizes, who created them and when.