As demonstrated in one of my previous blog articles Determine who deleted SQL Server database records by querying the transaction log with PowerShell, someone or something has deleted records from a SQL Server database. You've used my Find-MrSqlDatabaseChange function to determine when the delete operation occurred …

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Have you ever had a scenario where records from one or more SQL server database tables mysteriously came up missing and no one owned up to deleting them? Maybe it was an honest mistake or maybe a scheduled job deleted them. How do you figure out what happened without spending thousands of dollars on a third party …

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There are several different ways to query a SQL Server from PowerShell but most often you'll find that they're dependent on the SQL PowerShell module or snapin. To eliminate that dependency, you can query a SQL Server from PowerShell using the .NET framework. There are several different options to accomplish this …

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The SQL Server 2014 basic management tools have been installed on the Windows 8.1 workstation that's being used in this blog article. When attempting to import the SQLPS (SQL Server PowerShell) module on your workstation, you'll be unable to import it and you'll receive the following error message if the PowerShell …

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I presented a beginner level session for the PowerShell Virtual Chapter of PASS yesterday titled "PS C:> Get-Started -With 'PowerShell for SQL Server'". The session is entry level PowerShell and designed for those people who haven't yet embraced PowerShell because I often hear "How do I get started …

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I recently set out to change the recovery model of a SQL Server database with PowerShell. There seems to be lots of information available on how to accomplish this task with PowerShell through SMO (SQL Server Management Objects) and using T-SQL wrapped inside the Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet. I even found lots of information …

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I'm a big believer in trying to write my PowerShell code to what the industry considers to be the best practices as most are common sense anyway, although as one person once told me: "Common sense isn't all that common anymore". I would hope that even the most diehard best practices person would realize that …

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In my last blog article on Getting Started with Administering and Managing Microsoft SQL Server with PowerShell, I left off by introducing you to how to query information about your SQL Server using PowerShell with SQL Server Management Objects (SMO). In this blog article, I'll pick up where I left off and write a …

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I've used PowerShell to administer and manage Microsoft SQL Server for quite some time although I haven't blogged much about it. I thought I would take the time to write a series of blog articles about using PowerShell to administer and manage Microsoft SQL Server to help others who are just getting started and to …

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This past Saturday, I presented a session at PowerShell Saturday 003 in Atlanta. Towards the end of the presentation, I created 290 Active Directory user accounts by using the information for employees contained in the Adventure Works 2012 database. This is actually a PowerShell script that I whipped up Friday night at …

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