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.

Posey's Tips & Tricks. Using PowerShell To Back Up SQL Server Express Edition. By Brien Posey; 06/13/2025; For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own ...

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

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 R2 evaluation to the free Express version, I ...

There are two SQL Server PowerShell modules; SqlServer and SQLPS. The SqlServer module is the current PowerShell module to use. The SQLPS module is included with the SQL Server installation (for ...

The SQL_Server_Test_backups script will reach out to a sql server central management server, derive a server list and database backup list. Then asynchronously ...

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 ...