Month: October 2019

If you are wondering why you would want to use PowerShell as a DBA, read this first – Why Become a PowerShell DBA. Then go to SQLIntersection Registration to register and I will see you there. And if you register, please use the code MILLERB and you will get $50 off registration.

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Sessions: http://bit.ly/SQL_Fall_2019_Sessions  
Workshops: http://bit.ly/SQL_Fall_2019_Workshops  
Speakers: http://bit.ly/SQL_Fall_2019_Speakers

Workshop

Leveling Up With PowerShell for the DBA

This workshop is a great one for anyone that wants to Level Up their PowerShell skills relating to DBA tasks. We are going to cover multiple things in this workshop. The tools we will be going over are: DBAtools module, SQLServer module, ImportExcel module. Each one of these has great power and can take a lot of clicking away. They also have the ability to allow you to export data to Excel or CSV and store for other purposes, or even take data from a query and put it directly in a table without having to write SQL or SSIS packages to put or import the data another way. Join me for a fun filled day that will have you coming back for more. It is not required to know PowerShell inside and out to attend. You will learn something new no matter your level of PowerShell expertise or years working with SQL and PowerShell. Join me in Vegas at the MGM for SQL Intersection, you won’t regret it.

An In-Depth Look at the SQL Server Provider in PowerShell

You probably already know that there is a SqlServer module on the PowerShell Gallery. This module contains many cmdlets that will help you with your DBA work. But something you may not know about is the SqlServer Provider that is in there too. This provider will be the subject of this presentation. Have you ever opened file explorer and started browsing through your filesystem? How about if you could have Object Explorer in SSMS as a navigable structure in PowerShell. Well you guessed it, it is. This is the SqlServer Provider. I will take you through the provider and show you how to navigate it, but that is not all. By the end of the session you will understand how you can use it in your PowerShell life to get more out of SqlServer by using Paths. Yes, you heard right, a path like structure that you can navigate and use to make your life simpler in retrieving objects and manipulating them in PowerShell. Join me for another chapter in the quest to become a PowerShell DBA. You won’t want to miss this one.

Synopsis: The SqlServer module is a powerful tool in PowerShell. It continues to receive updates and new cmdlets, which is fantastic. We will talk about these functions that allow you to do more with commands instead of TSQL. But the real value of this session is all about the SQLServer PowerShell Provider. This provider allows you to navigate SQL Server like a file system and that is not all, we will talk (and mostly show) what you can do with it and how you can leverage this provider to do almost anything that you would like to with objects and commands rather than clicking your way through. Join me for an in depth look at the provider and you will be converted to this tech, I am sure of it.

Getting Started with the DBAtools PowerShell Module

There has been a movement towards PowerShell in the SQL Server Community lately. With so much out there, how do you get ahead. I will take you through this massive module that has grown very quickly to over 300 functions for use in your daily DBA job. This module can single handedly migrate an entire server with one command, or you can choose the parts you want to do and just do those. Join me to find out how you can quickly leverage the power of this module. This is one tool you want in your PowerShell toolbox.

Synopsis: DBAtools has been around for 5 years and has finally reached release status. It is now in version 1.x which means it has stabilized the command names and parameter names to be consistent through all the commands. This remains very important because a lot of commands can be used to automate a lot of things. This gives you the ability to use splatting and parameter objects to allow you to reuse and get the most out of the module without typing a whole lot. Join me for a great look into some of the productivity tools in this module and you will be hungry for more.

Temporal Tables In-Depth

Have you ever wanted to know what the data looked like yesterday before a change was made? Have you cringed at the thought of creating triggers to get data changes logged for later analysis? Looking at a new feature in SQL 2016 called Temporal Tables gives you the ability to create a table that automatically keeps track of your data in time. Magic was never meant to be part of IT, but SQL Server has done a great job with this new feature. We will cover how to set it up, how it works, querying the tables including the history table and last but not least, how you can incorporate this feature into existing tables. Join me in a time travelling adventure to find out how you can leverage Temporal Tables in your world.

Synopsis: Temporal tables are not new, but there are still very many that have not used them yet. I will tell you there are many things that you can use them for, but recently we came across an update statement gone awry and had we had a temporal table in place, it would have been much simpler to just put the data back in place and not have to restore databases to do so. I will take you through the scenarios and show you how to put them in place, from a new table, an existing table, and a table that you want to customize your temporal tables indexes to allow you more ability to query the data and see the data at a given point in time. We will cover In Memory OLTP and new features in 2017 and 2019. Join me for a fun filled hour that may just make your head hurt.