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Aha effect when setting SQL instance parameters with dbatools

Björn Peters — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 06:43:13 +0000

In the last week, I installed several SQL Servers for one customer and had to install and configure them all identically. What is closer here than to do this with a Powershell script, so I made the “effort” and the individual steps of the SQL Server configuration with dbatools to realize. I do not want...

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Desired State Configuration # 2 – Getting Started with SQL Server Installation

Björn Peters — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:03:00 +0000

After my first contribution – Preparing to use Desired State Configuration (DSC) – you can now take the first steps to install a SQL Server. So what do we need for prerequisites for installing a SQL Server on a new Windows Server? To my test environment … I’m using a development environment in Azure consisting...

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Desired State Configuration – Simplify your SQL Server Administration with DSC

Björn Peters — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:58:38 +0000

Two years ago, I first dealt with Desired State Configuration (DSC) to create a demo for SQL Saturday #605 that continually monitors and eventually corrects the configuration of the SQL server. Now I have another lovely customer project, where I have the choice between complete implementation in Powershell (via dbatools) or just a little DSC...

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#4 SQL Server Configuration – implement Best Practices

Björn Peters — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:06:55 +0000

I hadn’t been writing this Powershell series for a long time, and I’d like to make up for it, even though a lot of things have changed (in my work & community life) … I’d like to introduce you to two things today, once in a conventional way and how Powershell could configure SQL Server...

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Pause / Resume / Backup an Azure SQL Database with Powershell – Part 3

Björn Peters — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 12:13:20 +0000

Many services in Azure allow certain cost savings through automation, this can also be achieved with the Platform-as-a-Service “Azure SQL Database”, this is what this blog post is all about. Quite as simple as e.g. with the Azure Analysis Service it is not because actually there is no pause-resume functionality – here comes the backup...

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Resize an Azure SQL Database with Powershell – Part 2

Björn Peters — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:41:07 +0000

In the first part of my Azure SQL Database Powershell Automation series I showed how to create the resource group, the logical SQL Server and the corresponding database, I would like to show you how to implement a resize of the performance level of this database. Why should I want to resize a database? Upwards...

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First steps with Azure SQL Database and Powershell – Part 1

Björn Peters — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:56:39 +0000

In addition to the ability to deploy a virtual server on a SQL server in Azure, there is also the “simpler” method to deploy only one database on demand => the Azure SQL Database. This database-as-a-service is also very good and easy to use for a variety of applications, although there are a lot of...

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