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Talking about SQLPS (SQL Server Powershell extensions) on Runas Radio

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 10:42 AM by mwories

I was recently interviewed on RunAs Radio on the new Powershell extensions that we developed for SQL Server 2008. If you want to learn more about SQL Server Powershell download the podcast here : http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=75 If you Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server, Microsoft, Powershell

What? No cmdlets? -- SQL Server Powershell

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:25 AM by mwories

When you start using the SQL Server Powershell extensions, you will find there are not a whole lot of cmdlets. The expectation is indeed that Powershell support means: cmdlets for every administrative operation you can perform. Did we miss something here? Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server, Microsoft, Powershell

Some background on the use of minishells, such as SQLPS

Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 9:58 AM by mwories

Jeffrey Snover posted a very clear article about minishells and SQL Server's use of it: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/06/23/sql-minishells.aspx Jeffrey is Powershell's Architect, well respected in the Powershell community, and it's good Read More...

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Evaluating SQL Server Policies through Powershell

Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 10:27 AM by mwories

I found this ping-back on my previous blog post which gives a good overview of one very useful cmdlet that we ship with the Powershell extensions that SQL Server 2008 will deliver. A very helpful article one of the SQL Server MVPs, Lara Rubbelke , on Read More...

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SQL Server Powershell is here!

Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 3:35 PM by mwories

I am very excited that SQL Server will ship with a pretty solid first release of Powershell extensions with SQL Server 2008. The SQL Server Powershell extensions deliver on a vision that we’ll expand on in the next releases to come. So what’s in this release of SQL Server Powershell? Read More...

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How to change the SQL Server password programmatically

Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 4:32 PM by mwories

Every now and the question comes up how to programmatically modify the service account or password of SQL Server. There basically two ways to accomplish this, using SMO, or WMI. This article shows you how to use WMI and VBScript to accomplish this task. Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server, WMI Samples

Add oil to fire: SMO and Monad -- a flammable combination

Posted Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:35 AM by mwories

Euan pointed me to an interesting article about the use of Monad together with SMO . Those who know me well, know I am somewhat of a scripting biggot and still install Cygwin on all of my boxes as I cannot live without bash, awk, perk, sed, expr and the Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server, Powershell

SQL Server 2005 -- it's a wrap; but wait -- it's just the beginning!

Posted Friday, October 28, 2005 8:54 AM by mwories

I'm sure there are lots of coworkers blogging about this. We're done with SQL Server 2005 and it's a very interesting and good feeling. Having worked 5 year on the project, many long days, many weekends, having to fight many battles, and at the same time Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server

SMO Samples Galore

Posted Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:47 AM by mwories

With much of the SQL Server 2005 devcelopment behind us, I am starting to have some more time to post some SMO samples . Most of these are inspired on questions in the beta newsgroups or the SMO/DMO forum . Additionally, SQL Server 2005 ships with a pretty Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server, SMO Samples