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This is my most viewed post so I thought it made a good candidate to be updated and reblogged
Originally posted on SQL DBA with A Beard:
As you know, I love PowerShell!
I use it all the time in my daily job as a SQL DBA and at home whilst learning as well.
Not only do I use PowerShell for automating tasks such as Daily Backup Checks, Drive Space Checks, Service Running Checks, File Space Checks, Failed Agent Job Checks, SQL Error Log Checks, DBCC Checks and more but also for those questions which come up daily and interfere with concentrating on a complex or time consuming task.
I have developed a series of functions over time which save me time and effort whilst still enabling me to provide a good service to my customers. I keep them all in a functions folder and call them whenever I need them. I also have a very simple GUI which I have set up for my colleagues to enable them to easily answer simple questions quickly and easily…
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