Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs. Microsoft released 86 patches this week with updates for Office, Windows, and SQL Server ...

Before you can document your SQL Server environment with SQL Power Doc you'll to meet the following requirements: Permissions - SQL Power Doc makes connections to standalone SQL Server instances using ...

Windows without PowerShell 2.0: Microsoft removes the version still included for compatibility for good. It has long been considered obsolete. PowerShell 2.0 is finally history: The version of the ...

With the latest Windows Patch Day, Microsoft has closed another chapter in the history of its operating system. PowerShell 2.0, which was already classified as an outdated command line environment, is ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

Users still clinging on to PowerShell 2.0 just received notice to quit as the command-line tool is officially leaving Windows. The confirmation came in a Windows Insider update. The move away from ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Financially motivated threat actors believed to be operating out of Turkey have been caught targeting Microsoft SQL Server databases in attacks leading to the deployment of ransomware, cybersecurity ...

Creating a streamlined and efficient data extraction process is a crucial aspect of any data-driven project. As a developer, I often find myself at the crossroads of facilitating data access for our ...