offline installs of dbatools
If you work in a secure environment or your computers cannot access the Internet for any reason, you can still install dbatools with ease by downloading the zip from a …
can you help us test this beta?
Well, first we’d like to give a big ol’ shoutout to our teammate and new PowerShell MVP Rob Sewell! Rob is one of the most visible members of the SQL …
the dbatools team will present a full-day PASS Summit precon!
How cool is this? dbatools Major Contributor Constantine Kokkinos and I will be presenting a full-day session at PASS Summit in Seattle, WA, USA on Tuesday, October 31, 2017! Our …
dbatools – a devops success story
Today’s blog post is part of T-SQL Tuesday. T-SQL Tuesday is the brainchild of Adam Machanic. It is a blog party on the second Tuesday of each month. Everyone is …
VS Code and Task
While we are still hard at work getting everything ready for the 1.0 release, thought I would share something I figured out with VS Code. If you are not familiar …
new release – reversegiraffe
In the latest release, we gained 8 new commands and 5 new contributors to the dbatools master repository for a grand total of 53! We even added a few new …
the commands i run before going on vacation
My favorite vacation ever was the time I visited Steve Jones’ wardrobe. It bore a striking resemblance to Maui and even came with complimentary piña coladas. The year was 2009. …
dbatools teammates join Carlos and Steve for an episode of the SQL Data Partners Podcast
Recently, Constantine, Rob, Aaron, and I got together to record a podcast for SQL Data Partners with Steve Stedman and Carlos L Chacon. We talked mostly dbatools, the community, open …
building a dedicated backup test server
So, there’s a World Backup Day, but what about World Restore Day? We’ve all been told over and over, backups are useless if they can’t be restored and verified. Grant …
new release – realfakedoors
In the latest release, we gained 22 new commands and 2 new contributors to the dbatools master repository for a grand total of 48! We even added a couple new …