Laerte Junior

Laerte Junior is a Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, focused on PowerShell and automation and, through through his technology blog and simple-talk articles, an an active member of the SQL Server and PowerShell community around the World. He is a skilled Principal Database Architect, Developer, and Administrator, specializing in SQL Server and PowerShell Programming and Automation. He also is PASS Virtual Chapter Mentor , Co-Lead of the PASS PowerShell Virtual Chapter and former PASS Regional Mentor for Brasil. In addition He is also a HUGE Star Wars Fan, his main skill. "May The Force be with us" You should follow him on Twitter as @LaerteSQLDBA

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10 September 2013
10 September 2013

The PoSh DBA – Getting to know PowerShell

Although it was primarily designed for System Administrators, PowerShell is now extending its use to Database, SharePoint, Exchange and all Microsoft products. In this article Laerte Junior offers an introduction to PowerShell and describes how DBAs can use PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks. He also explains when to use PowerShell instead of, or in addition to, T-SQL and SSIS.… Read more
31 August 2011
31 August 2011

Storing Windows Event Viewer Output in a SQL Server table with PowerShell

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My good friend Marcos Freccia (blog | twitter) asked me for a simple and fast way to save the output of running the Get-EventLog cmdlet on a SQL Server table. Well, the quickest and easiest way that I know is to use Chad Miller’s Out-DataTable and Write-DataTable functions, because the Write-dataTable function uses sqlbulkcopy. I … Read more
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11 February 2010
11 February 2010

Exceptional PowerShell DBA Pt 3 – Collation and Fragmentation

In this final look into his everyday essentials, Laerte Junior provides some useful scripts for the DBA that use an alternative way of error-logging. He shows how to use a PowerShell script to check and, if necessary, to defragment your indexes, write data to a SQL Server table, and change the collation for a table. Being an exceptional DBA just got a little easier.… Read more