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SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practices Analyzer
Maybe I'm a little late to the party, but I thought I would share with you the most recent release of Microsoft's Best Practices Analyzer for SQL Server 2008 R2 (you can also read the original blog...
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T-SQL Tuesday #14: Resolutions
This month, T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by freshly minted MVP Jen McCown ( blog | twitter ), and her topic is " Resolutions! " I already gave a rough sort of overview on my goals for 2011 , but I...
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PowerShell, Start-Job, -ScriptBlock = sad panda face
I am working on a project where I am using PowerShell to collect a lot of performance counters from a lot of servers. More on that later. For now I wanted to highlight an important lesson I learned...
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How I use PowerShell to collect Performance Counter data
In a current project, I need to collect performance counters from a set of virtual machines that are performing different tasks and running a variety of workloads. In a similar project last year, I...
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A bacon- (and module-) saving PowerShell incident
Earlier today I made a big goof. I opened a module in Notepad, intending to use it as the basis for a new module. I was in the process of using "File > Save As" when my phone rang just at the...
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T-SQL Tuesday #15 : Running T-SQL workloads remotely on multiple servers
This month's installment of T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Pat Wright ( blog | twitter ). Pat says: "So the topic I have chosen for this month is Automation! It can be Automation with T-SQL or with...
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[OT] : Windows Activation, en masse
This weekend I discovered a minor issue in one of my virtual environments. I had built out 100 VMs based on a Hyper-V template, but I forgot to activate the original source before creating the...
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A little PowerShell syntax tip : dealing with SQL Server named instances
This afternoon I was working on a little PowerShell script to collect some PerfMon counters. I borrowed some code from myself, and had counters represented in strings like the following (this is a...
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