Parsing Windows event logs with PowerShell

Lately I’ve been toying with the idea of using PowerShell to parse the Windows event logs and possibly adding that...

SQLSaturday #160 – Get your SQL learn on in Kalamazoo

If you’re planning on being in the Kalamazoo, MI area this weekend, or just feel like taking a road trip,...

SQLSaturday #171, Pittsburgh

Date: October 6, 2012
Title: Searching for the Holy Grail of DDL Auditing
Abstract:
Who altered this view and how? When was that...

SQL Audit 302 – Deploying the Audit Solution with Powershell

This is it, ladies and gentlemen.  One last post and I promise I won’t mention the word audit for at...

SQL Audit 301 – Using Powershell to Manage Audits

Today we’re going to go over some very basic scripts to create, drop, and copy SQL Audit objects using Powershell...

SQLSaturday #164 – Cleveland – Touchdown!!

SQLSaturday #164 is in the books and the months of work and planning that went into putting this event together...

I couldn’t help myself…

SQLSaturday #160, Kalamazoo

Date: September 22, 2012
Title: So I started this blog…now what?
Abstract:
Ever thought about trying your hand at blogging? Or maybe you’ve...

SQL Audit 201 – Creating an Audit Solution

Welcome back, folks!
Ok so, now that we’ve covered the basics of creating a SQL Audit and viewing the output, let’s...

SQL Audit 102 – Reading audit output

Last time we went over the basics of creating a SQL Audit. Now obviously once you’ve gotten your audit in...