By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...

As I have recently discovered though, you can use a PowerShell script to back up a SQL Server Express database. Before I show you how to perform such a backup, there are a few things that you ...

Stuff in use: Windows Server 2008 R2 and a just-installed instance of SQL Server 2014. Now, when I installed it, it asked me if I wanted to use Windows Authentication only, to which I said, "sure!" ...

SQLSERVER:\SQL This provider houses all of the basic objects: databases, tables, stored procedures, views, etc. SQLSERVER:\SQLPolicy This exposes all of the SQL Server Policy Based Management objects.

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 ...

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.

This is when you need to focus on automation tools like Windows PowerShell. To query any SQL database from PowerShell, you need to have the SQLPS module installed along with a few supporting packages.