How to Create an Ubuntu PowerShell Development Environment – Part 3

Running SQL Server in a container may seem daunting at first, but it’s easy once you understand the handful of...

How to Create an Ubuntu PowerShell Development Environment – Part 2

You’ll need several tools in place to effectively work with SQL Server in Linux. In this article, Robert Cain explains...

How to Create an Ubuntu PowerShell Development Environment – Part 1

Since SQL Server now runs in Linux, more database professionals will begin to learn this operating system. In this article,...

What is the purpose of your organization? A lesson in DevOps

I’ve been speaking a lot on the topic of DevOps lately, and there’s a question I like to ask. What...

Testing PowerShell Modules with Pester

In the third article of this series on testing PowerShell code with Pester, Robert Cain demonstrates how to test the...

Advanced Testing of Your PowerShell Code with Pester

Testing your PowerShell scripts is just as important as testing any code. In this article, Robert Cain demonstrates how to...

Introduction to Testing Your PowerShell Code with Pester

Everyone knows how important code testing is, and to be thorough, you must automate testing. This includes scripts such as...

Create Azure VMs with PowerShell Part 2

The ability to quickly spin up a virtual machine is one of the great things about Azure. In this article,...

Create Azure VMs with PowerShell Part 1

Azure virtual machines are created for many reasons, even just to have an environment to quickly test something out. In...

Mobile Report Publisher – Dashboards Everywhere

The new feature, Mobile Reports, was added to SSRS in 2016. It provides the ability to create attractive and useful...

A Walk Around SQL Operations Studio

SQL Server Management Studio has been the default tool for working with SQL Server for over a decade. It’s not,...

PowerShell Functions for Reusability and Restartability in Azure

The key to efficient development is reusability. When developing scripts for administration, being able to restart a script where it...