1. The Dirty Dozen: Windows PowerShell Scripts for the Busy DBA
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The Dirty Dozen: Windows PowerShell Scripts for the Busy DBA
Aaron Nelson
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3. Talking SQL Server from PowerShell
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Talking SQL Server from PowerShell
There are several different approaches to working with SQL Server from PowerShell
Windows PowerShell
Cmdlets
WMI
.NET
SQL Provider
SQL PowerShell
ADO.NET
SMO
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4. The SQL Server 2012 PowerShell Provider
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The SQL Server 2012 PowerShell Provider
Once you’re inside the SQL Server Provider for PowerShell you have a lot of options besides just working with databases inside of the Relational Engine
Database Engine
Policy Management
Registrations
Data Collection
Server Extended Events
Utility
Integration Services
Analysis Services
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5. PowerShell for SQL Server Traversing the SQLSERVER:\SQL\ Provider 101
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PowerShell for SQL Server Traversing the SQLSERVER:\SQL\ Provider 101
If you know how to navigate Object Explorer in SSMS you already know how to navigate the SQL Server PowerShell Provider
To navigate to an instance it looks like this: SQLSERVER:\SQL\LocalHost\Default\Databases
To get to a named instance on a remote server it’s like this: SQLSERVER:\SQL\ProdSQL01\R2\Databases
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6. SQLPSX make things easy on yourself. Download this now!
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SQLPSX make things easy on yourself. Download this now!
First: Don’t Script, write PowerShell Functions instead
Second: Don’t write code directly against the SMO if you can avoid it.
Chad Miller is better than you. See for yourself… CodePlex: SQLPSX.codeplex.com
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7. 12 PowerShell scripts for working with SQL Server 2012

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