SQL Server Management Studio can help take the guesswork out of creating connection strings for PowerShell applications.

This module allows SQL Server developers, administrators and business intelligence professionals to automate database development and server administration, as well as both multidimensional and ...

This article introduces SQL Server PowerShell and walks you through a couple of examples on how to use it with SQL Server on Linux. PowerShell support for SQL Server is currently available on Windows, ...

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

There are lots of ways to create MSSQL databases via PowerShell. We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if ...

When I (along with many other people) had a lot of trouble trying to install SQL Server Management Studio in an attempt to switch from the SQL Server 2008 R2 evaluation to the free Express version, I ...

When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server up and running.

I’ve created a script that monitors a table in a SQL Server database. I’m only interested in one column in the table: TimeStamp. If the maximum (newest) value in TimeStamp is more than 30 minutes ...

Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse is an enterprise scale relational warehouse on a data lake foundation, with a future-ready architecture, built-in AI, and new features. If you're new to data ...

Solutions provider takeaway: This chapter excerpt offers information on PowerShell commands, uses, features, enhancements and command types in Windows Server 2008 R2. PowerShell can help solutions ...