Redmond Magazine

Using PowerShell To Back Up SQL Server Express Edition

For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...
Redmond Magazine

Creating Azure SQL Databases with PowerShell and Azure Resource Manager Templates

There are lots of ways to create MSSQL databases via PowerShell. We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if ...
MCPmag

Working with Database Users and Roles Using PowerShell

During the last few articles, we have covered the basics of working with SQL server using the Server Management Objects (SMO) and PowerShell. We have covered things such as viewing the state of ...
MCPmag

Connecting to an Azure SQL Database with PowerShell

One way that organizations are storing data in the cloud is by moving their databases to the cloud. What once meant building an entire physical server, patching it, installing software like Microsoft ...