working with sql client aliases
Want your app servers to connect to your newly migrated SQL Server without modifying connection strings within your application? Or use easy-to-remember names for your docker containers? SQL Client Aliases can help.
community ❤️ dbatools
Jeffrey SnoverPowerShell Inventor, Technical Fellow
If you use SQL, someone on the team should be a dbatools pro.
Steve JonesMVP & SQLServerCentral.com
If you haven’t played with dbatools, I’d recommend you do so; it makes working with SQL and PowerShell much easier.
Argenis FernandezMicrosoft, MCM, vExpert
I can't stress enough how good dbatools is. Stop doing it the hard way.
Anthony NocentinoMVP, Author, Speaker
It's impossible to quantify the impact this project has had on our community and the tech that we work with. Everyone I introduce to dbatools is blown away by how much this enables productivity and allows DBAs to scale with their systems.
Joey D'antoniMVP, vExpert, DCAC
dbatools is an amazing project. Tasks like server migrations that used to take me hours can now be completed in seconds, and with total confidence.
Gianluca SartoriData Platform MVP, Formula 1 DBA
dbatools is the best thing that happened to SQL Server in the last 5 years.
Jeffery HicksMVP, Author
If you are a SQL person you need to check out the dbatools PowerShell project.
Mike MartinTechnical Evangelist, Microsoft
If there was a thing such as MVP for MVP'S then dbatools would probably win it.
André KammanMVP & Dutch PASS Chapter Leader
dbatools are the most important PowerShell scripts for SQL Server DBAs.
Nikhil ChintalapudiSQL Server DBA
Thank you for this module. It's very helpful for a someone like me trying to automate database tasks without very much PowerShell experience.
Michael J SwartData Platform MVP
This dev just used dbatools to install and migrate 50 db machines at once with little effort or errors. It's truly the easy button.
Andy NakamuraSQL Saturday Speaker
I had been seriously thinking of quitting the SQL space altogether and decided to get into other things, but this has got to be a great addition to becoming a better DBA.
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