Join Denny Cherry for an in-depth discussion in this video When PowerShell is useful, part of PowerShell for SQL Server Administration.
- [Instructor] Let's look at some examples … of when PowerShell would make sense and when it wouldn't. … One thing we really want to nail when use PowerShell, … when PowerShell's a good option for us, … is when we're looking at a repeatable task. … If there's a task we have to do … over and over and over again, … then we want to look at automation, … we want to go ahead and create that PowerShell for it … to go ahead and make our lives easier … when it comes to that repeatable task. … If it's something we're doing as a one-off, … probably not a good solution for PowerShell. … Now when it comes to something like … pushing changes out to a bunch of machines, … so maybe we need to set a register key on 100 computers, … PowerShell's going to be a great way to do that … 'cause we can just iterate … through that list of 100 computers … and push that key out to all those boxes. … Obviously connecting to those boxes … and actually making that change manually, major pain. … If we need to reconfigure a cloud service, …
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6/24/2019Released
6/21/2019- When PowerShell can be particularly useful
- Connecting to SQL Server from PowerShell
- Closing connections
- Creating objects in PowerShell
- Creating tables, views, and procedures
- Querying data in PowerShell
- Using loops in PowerShell
- Exporting CSV files and XML data
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Download tools1m 35s
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1. PowerShell in SQL Server
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When PowerShell is useful2m 35s
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Open-source solutions1m 47s
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2. Connecting to SQL Server from PowerShell
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Declaring objects3m 5s
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Connecting to SQL Server3m 55s
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Parameters in PowerShell2m 33s
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Closing connections1m 22s
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Disposing connections2m 4s
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Object reuse2m 46s
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3. Creating Objects in PowerShell
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Creating databases2m 58s
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Creating tables4m 9s
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Creating views3m 44s
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Creating procedures4m 33s
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4. Querying Data in PowerShell
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Inserting data into tables3m 48s
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5. Looping Through Servers in PowerShell
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Loops in PowerShell6m 21s
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Concepts of threading6m 10s
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Authentication and threading3m 24s
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Piping between objects3m 17s
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Exporting CSV files2m 56s
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Importing CSV files2m 27s
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Exporting XML data2m 50s
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Importing XML data2m 26s
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6. PowerShell Remoting
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What is remoting?5m 18s
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Removing over HTTP ports2m 11s
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Enabling remoting via GPO3m 16s
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Starting a remote session1m 59s
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Ending a remote session1m 31s
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Invoking a remote command2m 48s
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Conclusion
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Next steps33s
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