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Featured image of post Run ActiveDirectory PowerShell commands against another domain
Powershell

Run ActiveDirectory PowerShell commands against another domain

Active Directory groups are used all over our IT estates. They can be used to simplify managing SQL Server access as well as for other applications.

Jul 07, 2022
2 minute read
Featured image of post Log Shipping – Pre-stage database backups with dbatools
Dbatools Powershell

Log Shipping – Pre-stage database backups with dbatools

Log shipping is a SQL Server feature used for disaster-recovery where the transaction log backups are ‘shipped’ from your production instance to a secondary instance.

May 24, 2022
3 minute read
Featured image of post Using Extended Events to determine the best batch size for deletes
Xevents

Using Extended Events to determine the best batch size for deletes

Use Extended Events to easily measure the duration of queries with different batch sizes, so you can find the optimal.

Dec 07, 2021
3 minute read
Featured image of post Collating index usage stats across Availability Group replicas
Availability-Groups Dbatools Powershell

Collating index usage stats across Availability Group replicas

A useful script to collate index usage stats across multiple AG replicas to help ensure you don't drop indexes that are unused on the primary, but vital on the secondary.

Nov 16, 2021
3 minute read
Featured image of post T-SQL Tuesday #143: Short code examples
Powershell T-Sql-Tuesday

T-SQL Tuesday #143: Short code examples

A quick code snippet to help find members of the local admin group.

Oct 13, 2021
2 minute read
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