scheduling powershell tasks with sql agent
We’ve had a lot of people ask about the best way to schedule dbatools tasks in SQL Server Agent. Here are our suggestions.
performing a migration with every commit: testing with pester and appveyor
not a snoozefest You may be thinking “oh man, a post about testing. booooring!” I used to, too, but have since come around and now find that creating tests is …
contributing to dbatools blog post roundup
We’ve welcomed a lot of new community members recently who have asked if we have tutorials for contributing to the project (❤️). And yes, we certainly do. Whether you prefer …
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 …
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 …
installing and importing dbatools – minimum requirements, methods and more
When I first started coding dbatools, one of my primary goals was to make it as easy as possible to install. This is both because I think things should just …
beginning the journey to 1.0 and a call for bug reports
So, we’ve made the first step to 1.0 – we’ve stopped accepting Pull Requests that add new commands. It breaks my heart the most, but every moment that we spend …
Video: Contributing to dbatools & dbareports using GitHub Desktop
Recently, I presented to the Philadelphia PowerShell User Group about Contributing to Open Source PowerShell projects using GitHub Desktop. I chose this topic because a number of people have asked …