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You can do something like this with dbatools.

http://www.dbatools.io

A little bit of PowerShell and you can script out all you're looking for.

Microsoft: "Don't write code that requires sa"

Also Microsoft: "To do the following in Dynamics you'll need sa"

Jeff,

Thank you for a truly great presentation that shatters a lot of long held beliefs. Certainly one's I've held and I'm sure many others.

-Tom