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The extensions and settings I like for PowerShell and SQL Server development.

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Microsoft's official PowerShell module for SQL Server offers faster ways to manage your entire data-loving world. See the best of the new features in the new SQL Server module, and why every data p...

Andrew Pruski presents: Managing SQL Server Containers with PowerShell
This demo based session shows how to manage SQL running in linux containers via Visual Studio Code. Attendees will be taken th...

Do you have more than 1 server that you manage? More than 1 database? Then this session is for you. PowerShell interest is on the rise and it is one of the coolest tools you can learn as a DBA. Lea...

Presented by Joost van Rossum, Data Platform MVP

This session shows you all the benefits of using PowerShell with(in) SSIS. Replacing annoying and tedious tasks, like deploying environments and pr...

Presented on May 17, 2017 by Data Platform MVP Ben Miller
Think of questions that you could ask about an environment that is database rich. How many databases do you have, across how many servers? ...

This presentation will provide an overview of common SQL Server discovery, privilege escalation, and data targeting techniques. It will also cover how SQL Servers can be leveraged to escalate privi...

Thank you for watching my first Get Started with Powershell video. This video covers how to find what commands are available and getting help on how to run them.

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PowerShell for the DBA, Part 2 - Objects and Tools

Presented April 19, 2017 by Sander Stad - If you know Glenn Berry you probably know his DMV scripts which are amazing to analyze your databases and instances. But if you face the 1500 lines of code...

Presented March 21, 2017 by Stuart Moore, author of the dbatools Backup and Restore commands. SQL Server database restores can get complex pretty quickly once you're dealing with multiple files, an...

Presented Feb 15, 2017 by
Aaron Nelson: 00:00-10:30
Chrissy LeMaire: 10:30-1:38:17
Rob Sewell: 1:38:18-End

Presented by Thomas Norman.

The deployment process is frustrating; an object is missing, an object is deployed in the wrong order or an incorrect version. Our goal is to deploy the same script in...

Presented March 1, 2017 by Cody Konior. Are you accountable for databases or database servers? Do you fix problems only to see them pop up again months or years later in slightly different scenario...

Presented February 1, 2017 by SQL Server MVP Anthony Nocentino. PowerShell and SQL Server are now available on Linux and management wants you to leverage this shift in technology to more effectivel...

Let’s face it, using SQL PowerShell prior to SQL Server 2016 was like installing training wheels on a Ducati. But things have massively changed. Your community feedback was incorporated before SQL ...

Whether you’ve dabbled in PowerShell or wondered what all the fuss is about, make no mistake: PowerShell isn’t going away and it is definitely something worth learning to make your life as a SQL Se...

DescriptionWhat’s better than writing an awesome PowerShell script to automate something? Writing the same script but making it automate something multiple times across multiple locations at the sa...

In this presentation, PowerShell MVP and PASS PowerShell Virtual Chapter Co-Lead, Chrissy LeMaire, will show you how to use GitHub to contribute to open source projects such as dbatools, dbareports...

Presented November 16, 2016 by Mike F Robbins. How do you know whether or not all of the SQL Servers in your environment are configured based on your organizations standards? How do you know whethe...

Join Chrissy (@cl) as she walks through her experiment-driven process of increasing the speed of her CSV imports to SQL Server, with a particular focus on more efficient use of Runspaces for perfor...

VC officers and MVP's Chrissy & Aaron talk about SQL PowerShell Community News during PowerShell's 10 Year Anniversary Party

Should you look at automatically created statistics on your tables in SQL Server to help you design better indexes? Learn why stats exist and their relationship to indexes in this 20 minute video....

Could you just tell me……….? This may cost 10 seconds of time or it may take several hours but it will definitely stop the current task and impact its completion A SQL DBA will be required to provid...

Could you just tell me……….? This may cost 10 seconds of time or it may take several hours but it will definitely stop the current task and impact its completion A SQL DBA will be required to provid...

Come on a journey from The bloke that wrote some scripts to a professional solution for a whole IT team. A session for Powershell beginners and those wishing to improve how their team use PowerShel...

Come on a journey from The bloke that wrote some scripts to a professional solution for a whole IT team. A session for Powershell beginners and those wishing to improve how their team use PowerShel...

Windows Server 2016 introduces a new edition of Powershell: PowerShell Core. PowerShell Core is a reboot of the PowerShell ecosystem based upon .Net Core. This session explains why we are doing P...

What if migrating SQL Server instances was as simple as executing a single command? In this presentation, I'll cover the reasons companies migrate, the ways SQL migrations are usually performed, an...

Opening and Keynote of the European Powershell Conference 2016. Jeffrey Snover and Tobias Weltner are talking about the Past, Present and Future of Powershell

Presented on September 13, 2016 by Cláudio Silva. Found a task that needs automation in order to save you time and also offers you a chance to learn more about the product you're working with? Why ...

Presented on August 18, 2016 by Rob Sewell. "Could you just tell me……….?" This may cost 10 seconds of time or it may take several hours but it will definitely stop the current task and impact its c...

Presented on July 20, 2016 by Sander Stad. Most of the time we execute scripts against multiple objects in serial and you're probably tired of waiting to get things finished. What if there was a wa...

Presented on July 6, 2016 by the PowerShell VC Team.
This presentation covered some of the 25 new cmdlets available in the new SqlServer PowerShell module. You can get this module by simply downlo...

Presented on June 15, 2016 by SQL Server MVP Andre Kamman. Are you enjoying Ola Hallengren's Maintenance Solution scripts as much as I am? I've written PowerShell scripts to deploy and manage them ...

Presented on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 by SQL DBA & PowerShell Enthusiast Chris Sommer. The SQL Server canvas gives us limitless opportunity for scripting and automation, and PowerShell is the perfec...

Presented on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 by PowerShell MVP Laerte Junior. You are a consultant that needs to create a Word document for your client with the best practices on SQL Server. You cannot ins...

No sound, just a quick overview. To install the TrelloVoteCount module from the PowerShell Gallery, Run As Administrator in Windows 10, then Install-Module TrelloVoteCount

Presented on April 20, 2016 by Microsoft's SQL Server Tiger Team
In this session, the TIger Team will talk about how some best practice checks can be automated for SQL Server instances running on y...