Posey's Tips & Tricks. Using PowerShell To Back Up SQL Server Express Edition. By Brien Posey; 06/13/2025; For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own ...

This really opens up the door on what you can do with SQL using PowerShell such as reporting on the state of your backups to viewing the size of the databases and tables. You can even take it further ...

Under the Hood of the SQL Server PowerShell Provider. The nodes know. Use SQLPS.exe and a few cmdlets to find out what the nodes know. By Joshua Jones; 01/11/2010 ...

In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...

PowerShell vs. SQL Server Management Studio 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 ...