I'm trying to start/stop MS SQL Service on various DB servers (locally) but we don't always know the name of the instance (Always only 1 SQL Server running on a single server).

SQL Server 2005's Management Studio offers lots of new functionality, but you can't always use a GUI. Sometimes you need to run a script from the command line, especially for an upgrade or install ...

Microsoft recently updated its All-In-One Script Framework, which features SQL Server (and other) scripts designed to address common problems reported by users in forums, support incidents and online ...

xSQL Software, a provider of SQL Server auxiliary tools and utilities, announced today the availability of xSQL Object 1.5, a utility for SQL Server database administrators and developers that ...

Man, I really do not want to do this by hand.To put it simply:I have a bunch of SQL Server 7 scripts.I need them to be a bunch of Oracle 8.1.6 scripts instead.Is there any automated utility out ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

PowerShell is the primary command line shell for Windows, designed to address the limitations of the Command Prompt that has ...

Microsoft adds retail pricing and cost breakdowns to SQL Server migration assessments in Azure Arc, making planning faster ...

SQL Server 2019 leverages PolyBase for full-on data virtualization and combines its Linux/container compatibility with Kubernetes (K8s) to deliver a new technology called Big Data Clusters (BDC).

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