hacktoberfest – dbatools edition
During the month of October 2018 DigitalOcean is again running Hacktoberfest to support open source projects. They are offering a limited edition T-Shirt for any person making five pull requests …
community ❤️ dbatools
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
latest updates
more updates
Just a quick note that we’ve made more changes to align with 1.0, now available in version 0.9.453. Renamed Log Shipping Get-DbaDbLogShipError Invoke-DbaDbLogShipping Invoke-DbaDbLogShipRecovery Test-DbaDbLogShipStatus Registered Servers (Central Management Server) …
getting started with powershell
Now that you’ve convinced your security team that PowerShell improves your security posture, it’s time to learn PowerShell if you haven’t already.
talking to your security team about powershell and dbatools
If you’re questioned about PowerShell or dbatools, here are some handy facts to help prove we can help make your administration more, not less, secure.