I was just thinking a  test since this worked for someone else.

This sounds like an interview or homework question. If you are looking for details, why not use SSMS to get your replication details for the server?

In terms of...

I just have SQLPS.exe (and config)

SQLtoolsps or just SQLPS?

I was thinking context. Allowclobber should reinstall for all users, which hopefully sets pathing and other items for you.

No need to apologize. I know how busy life can get.

I hate code coverage. I don't like it as a metric, other than a rough guess of are we doing testing. If we have 5% today, then when we add...

I did see one report. Try restarting with -x in the service.

MS Licensing is a pain and not much more helpful many times, so I understand why people are hesitant. From reading the guide on VMs (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2017-pricing), here's my...

You have a little more insight into hardware on premises, but the principles are really the same. Good design, good code, index well.