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Expert Scripting and Automation for SQL Server DBAs
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Expert Scripting and Automation for SQL Server DBAs

by Peter A. Carter
July 2016
Intermediate to advanced
300 pages
7h 51m
English
Apress
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© Peter A. Carter 2016

Peter A. Carter, Expert Scripting and Automation for SQL Server DBAs, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1943-0_2

2. PowerShell Fundamentals

Peter A. Carter1 

(1)Botley, UK

PowerShell is a scripting language, developed by Microsoft, that is capable of managing virtually every aspect of Windows and resources that sit on Windows, such as SharePoint and SQL Server. It is object-based and integrated with the .NET Framework. It can be used to run scripts both locally and remotely. The following sections will discuss the fundamentals of PowerShell, before a closer look is taken at the sqlps module and how to navigate an instance.

Getting Started with PowerShell

The following sections will introduce the PowerShell Command Line Interface and Integrated ...

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