Customizing PowerShell for SQL Server. To wrap up this series of PowerShell articles, let's take a look at a few tips and tricks for working with PowerShell in SQL Server on a regular basis.

Use PowerShell to script objects on a schedule or in a special order. Use PowerShell if you need to switch between windows and SQL commands or even share data between the two. It’s much easier ...

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 ...

This is when you need to focus on automation tools like Windows PowerShell. To query any SQL database from PowerShell, you need to have the SQLPS module installed along with a few supporting packages.

In-Depth. Creating Azure SQL Databases with PowerShell and Azure Resource Manager Templates. Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex ...

So, I want to write a PS script to do what I thought was something fairly simple: Foreach Thing in Things { Read about Thing from a table in a database Do some stuff with the info you read Write ...

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 ...

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 ...