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  • Video: Automate Operational Readiness and Validation Testing of SQL Server with PowerShell and Pester

    calendar Nov 17, 2016 · Operational Validation Pester PowerShell SQL Server  ·
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    I recently presented a session on "Automate Operational Readiness and Validation Testing of SQL Server with PowerShell and Pester" for the PowerShell Virtual Chapter of SQL PASS. The video from that presentation is now available: Both the code and slide deck from the presentation can be found in my …


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  • Store Environmental Code in a SQL Server Database for PowerShell Operational Validation Tests

    calendar Sep 15, 2016 · Operational Validation PowerShell  ·
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    I've previously published articles on separating environmental code from structural code for both DSC (Desired State Configuration) and Operational Validation or Readiness Tests. This article picks up where I left off last week in Separating Environmental Code from Structural Code in PowerShell Operational Validation …


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  • Separating Environmental Code from Structural Code in PowerShell Operational Validation Tests

    calendar Sep 8, 2016 · Operational Validation Pester PowerShell  ·
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    Do you ever feel like you're writing the same operational validation or readiness test over and over again? I'm not sure about you, but I don't like repeating myself by rewriting the same code because it creates a lot of technical debt. There has to be a better way . Why not take the same thought process from DSC …


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  • Be Mindful of Object Types when Writing Unit Tests and Performing Operational Validation in PowerShell with Pester

    calendar Apr 28, 2016 · Operational Validation Pester PowerShell  ·
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    I recently wrote a Pester test that performs some basic operational validation (smoke tests) of SQL Servers. I've previously written similar tests as functions as shown in my Write Dynamic Unit Tests for your PowerShell Code with Pester blog article, but I decided to write this one as a script with the naming …


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