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Another Batch of New Commands Now Available!

Chrissy LeMaire

Aug 17, 2016

dbatools is not only intended to be a great migration tool, but also a toolset to help DBAs follow best practices. Check out all the new commands in this batch, courtesy of Mike Fal, Constantine Kokkinos and Chrissy LeMaire. Best Practices Commands Ever read a really great article about how to do something properly but then kinda forgot and you have to revisit each time? Well, we’ve codified some of those practices for you, making them easy to both follow and remember.

New Prefix for Many dbatools Commands

Chrissy LeMaire

Aug 2, 2016

When I first began working on dbatools, I was aware of the suggestion to use a distinct prefix in PowerShell, but chose to use Sql for its universal recognition. That will soon change. PowerShell Prefixes Prefixes are the things that start the noun. SQL Server uses Sql, Active Directory uses AD, SharePoint uses SP, PowerShell uses PS and Lync uses Cs. You can see, even with two letter prefixes, that there is no true case consistency.

New Prefix for Many dbatools Commands

Chrissy LeMaire

Aug 2, 2016

When I first began working on dbatools, I was aware of the suggestion to use a distinct prefix in PowerShell, but chose to use Sql for its universal recognition. That will soon change. PowerShell Prefixes Prefixes are the things that start the noun. SQL Server uses Sql, Active Directory uses AD, SharePoint uses SP, PowerShell uses PS and Lync uses Cs. You can see, even with two letter prefixes, that there is no true case consistency.

New Best Practices Commands Now Available

Chrissy LeMaire

Jul 20, 2016

So many SQL Server and PowerShell pros have joined the dbatools team and we’re producing well designed PowerShell commands like mad! dbatools is not only intended to be a great migration tool, but also a toolset to help DBAs follow best practices. We like to think of these commands as fully automated Wizards that are executed from the command line instead of the GUI. Best Practices Commands Ever read a really great article about how to do something properly but then kinda forgot and you have to revisit each time?

Join Us on the SQL Server Community's Slack

Chrissy LeMaire

Jul 1, 2016

The SQL Server community is now on Slack! And we are too. Just join the #dbatools channel by signing up, signing in, clicking CHANNELS then #dbatools.