SMO vs Invoke-Sqlcmd in Azure
I’m working on a series of Powershell scripts for the pre-conference seminars on Windows Azure SQL Database that I’m going to be giving at TechEd and the PASS Summit. One of the things I want to do is...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell to move files to Azure Storage
I was searching all over the place to try to find out how to move files into Azure Storage. Most of the examples I could track down were for API calls through C#. There were very few examples using...
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Microsoft Azure Automation
Microsoft just announced a new mechanism for managing your Azure resources, Automation. You can check out the documentation on it here. It’s a mechanism to create runbooks using PowerShell that you can...
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Azure Automation
I introduced Azure Automation in a previous post. I’ve spent some more time exploring it. There’s a set of documentation available as I noted before. Unfortunately, reading through the full set of...
View ArticleExport All Plans From Cache to a .SQLPLAN File
I was asked if there was an easy way to export all the plans from cache to a .SQLPLAN file. My immediate answer was, “I’m sure there’s a PowerShell script out there somewhere.” However, rather than do...
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Alerts From Azure Automation
In a previous post, I showed how to set up statistics maintenance for your Azure databases using Azure Automation. However, what I didn’t show was how to generate an alert when things go south. Let’s...
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PASS Summit 2017
Don’t you want to go to the single largest collection of Microsoft Data Platform professionals and developers on the planet? Sure you do. PASS Summit 2017 is coming up. Now is the time to register for...
View ArticleAzure, PowerShell, Databases and the PASS Summit
I am quite honored to say that I am speaking at the single largest and most important Microsoft Data Platform conference in the world, PASS Summit 2017. Now, I’m excited to say that I get to speak on...
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Automating Automatic Indexing in Azure SQL Database
I’ve been in love with the concept of a database as a service ever since I first laid eyes on Azure SQL Database. It just makes sense to me. Take away the mechanics of server management and database...
View ArticlePowerShell to Simulate Load
Gathering metrics is quite difficult if there are no queries. So, if you’re working in non-production environments, but you still want to see some sort of load on the server, how can you do it? I use a...
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