Dbatools

Introduction To PowerShell For The DBA Part 2

In Part 1 of this series we began to look at how you can leverage PowerShell as a DBA and there was a brief discussion about automation. Today you will experiment with the DBATools command Copy-DbaLogin and learn about Out-Gridview and the -whatif …

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Introduction To PowerShell for the DBA Part 1

Automating Tasks With PowerShell What we’re really talking about in this series is automation, specifically by using PowerShell. Now, in simple terms, automation is about removing the human, manual element in doing tasks. Why should you care about …

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SQL Server Install Guide Part 2

In part 1 of this series, I discussed pre-installation steps. There are many guides available online for the actual installation process so I’m not going to give a step by step installation guide here. Rather, I’m going to focus on what to think …

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Setting Min and Max Server Memory Setting

Configuring the min and max server memory settings for SQL Server has a number of things to consider prior to making changes. Before we jump into those considerations, let’s learn what the min and max server memory options do. What does the min …

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