PowerShell is a robust scripting tool that lets you automate and customize your admin tasks. It can save you a ton of time—but it’s important to follow a few best practices as you develop your code.

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 ...

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