powershell splatting
Splatting in PowerShell makes code easier to read. Instead of typing a bunch of parameters allllll across the screen, you can use an easy-to-read hashtable or array. Argument splatting was …
dbatools extension for visual studio code
We recently released a VS Code extension that lets you highlight terms and search dbatools.io, Microsoft Docs, Google, StackOverflow, DuckDuckGo, Technet or Thwack right from your code! It’s called search …
more 1.0 progress
We’ve made even more progress in the past week! Here are some highlights of 0.9.520.
breaking changes update
Before I go into the breaking changes introduced in 0.9.518, I wanted to highlight Invoke-DbatoolsRenameHelper which is an awesome command that will help you with a vast majority of our …
dbatools 1.0 progress!
Thanks to several of our team members, we’re now progressing quickly towards dbatools 1.0! 🤗 The progress is so encouraging, I believe 1.0 is around the corner. Because of this, …
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.
sql server migration enhancements
A while back, I added some new features to our migration commands but I forgot to blog about them. Then, I used one of the new features for a fast …
simplifying disaster recovery with dbatools
dbatools can help ease your DR, all in one convenient command. No, not good ol’ Export-DbaScript which is essentially the command line equivalent of the screenshot above.
Now, dbatools offers a whole new command, written specifically for the DR presentation: Export-DbaInstance