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Installing SQL Server on Windows? Don’t forget these two useful switches

by Randolph
November 20, 2019September 16, 2022

A few days ago on Twitter I wrote: Couldn’t connect to new SQL Server install because I forgot to enable TCP/IP. I’m the lead author for a Microsoft Press book about SQL Server administration. Aside… Installing SQL Server on Windows? Don’t forget these two useful switches

Do you even PowerShell, bro? An ode to dbatools and dbachecks.

by Randolph
August 15, 2018August 30, 2018

Shall I compare thee to Management Studio? Thou art more scriptable and consistent. Those out-of-memory errors do tend to lose hours of work. And I mean, SSMS doesn’t run from the command line. Sometimes I… Do you even PowerShell, bro? An ode to dbatools and dbachecks.