Customizing PowerShell for SQL Server. To wrap up this series of PowerShell articles, let's take a look at a few tips and tricks for working with PowerShell in SQL Server on a regular basis.

- An Azure SQL database. If you do not have a SQL database, create one following the steps in this article: [Create your first Azure SQL Database] (sql-database-get-started.md). - Azure PowerShell. To ...

In-Depth Creating Azure SQL Databases with PowerShell and Azure Resource Manager Templates Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex ...

In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...

Figure 6. We have really just dipped our toe into the water that is using SMO with PowerShell to explore and report on various portions of SQL server and its database and tables. We can also do things ...

Copy and paste the following commands at the PowerShell prompt. They might take a few minutes to run. These commands do the following steps: - Display a dialog that prompts you for the hostname or IP ...

Use PowerShell to script objects on a schedule or in a special order. Use PowerShell if you need to switch between windows and SQL commands or even share data between the two.

PowerShell vs. SQL Server Management Studio. When I (along with many other people) had a lot of trouble trying to install SQL Server Management Studio in an attempt to switch from the SQL Server 2008 ...