Automating Your SQL Server Best Practice Reports: The Document

If you're making a report from table-based data, an MS Word document is often a good option. In the second part of his introduction to SQL Server best-practice monitoring, Laerte Junior shows how to use PowerShell scripts to create a Word-based report with colour-coded alerts where there are problems or best practices aren't being followed.

Powershell Functions

The Complete Guide to PowerShell Punctuation

It is the punctuation, the strange dollar signs, brackets and parentheses that bewilder anyone learning PowerShell. Add to that the aliases and you can bewilder everyone. The punctuation is essential, so here is the the complete PowerShell wallchart and guide to Powershell Punctuation. Thanks to Michael Sorens, PowerShell need no longer be perplexing.

Build Your Own Resource Monitor in a Jiffy

Capture the tasks performed in a text file

Creates a record of all or part of a Windows PowerShell session in a text file.

PowerShell and ADO.NET Connection String Settings for SQL Server

Tim Smith addresses some common questions from PowerShell developers about connection strings, errors with strings, and alternative development approaches to using connection strings.

PoSh: Get-WhoInstallSQL

Useful function that finds who installed SQL Server

When to Quote in PowerShell

The one question about PowerShell that trips up almost everyone is about when and how to quote strings. Because PowerShell replaces the old command shell, it has to be able to work the way that it did with string parameters, but it also has to behave like a .NET scripting language to replace VBA. In this article, Michael Sorens explains the how and when of PowerShell quoting.

Getting query text from SSMS into a CSV with PowerShell

You have times where you need to copy/paste something out of SSMS' grid view results pane that has a carriage return in it. Trying to copy/paste that data into Excel can be a headache and cause you to waste precious time reformatting. This just offers a tidbit of PowerShell code to help.

Cleanup Older than 30 days of Files & Folder through SQL Job

Using Powershell, Cleanup Older than 30 days of Files & Folder through SQL Job