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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. To wrap up this series of PowerShell articles, ...

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 R2 evaluation to the free Express version, I ...

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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 in ...

$con = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection("Server=10.110.0.251;Database=BackupDB;User ID=sa;Password=P@ssword1!;connect Timeout=30") $con.open() $instance ...