SQL Server Management Studio can help take the guesswork out of creating connection strings for PowerShell applications.

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 ...

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. To wrap up this series of PowerShell articles, ...

This book aims to introduce you to PowerShell and how it can be used with SQL Server. How well does it do it? PowerShell is Microsoft’s preferred scripting tool, useful for task automation and ...

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 ...

PowerShell is cool, but it's not always appropriate. Here's a quick list to help you decide when to use it PowerShell is one of the coolest new things to come out of Microsoft in a long while, and ...

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting language with more than 130 standard command-line tools and consistent syntax and utilities. The new feature runs on Windows XP, ...