Today's blog post continues my series of posts relating to DevOps and database administration... The DBA is the information technician...
DevOps and Database Design and Change Management
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Why You Want to Monitor Your Network
Many moving parts make up a modern IT environment. The average computing environment is a complicated construction comprised of servers,...
Prompting for Credentials in Console
When you run Get-Credential or are otherwise prompted for a username and password, Windows PowerShell (powershell.exe) always opens a separate...
Why You Need to Track Database Changes
Change is a constant that all IT professionals accept as part of the job. There are many different concrete manifestations of the abstract concept...
Searching PowerShell Gallery for New Modules
The official PowerShell Gallery is a public repository with thousands of free PowerShell modules. Instead of reinventing the wheel, it makes total...
Planning for a Successful Database Migration
There are many different database platforms that organizations can choose for collecting, storing, and analyzing their data resources. They range...
Keep Your SQL Servers Up and Running During the Pandemic
During this pandemic, many healthcare organizations are struggling with a shortage of medical supplies and staffing. They are also experiencing a...
Managing SharePoint Online
If you use SharePoint Online and would like to manage it via PowerShell, download and install the Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell module from...
How to Keep Track of Your SQL Servers
The designers of modern SQL Server environments have many implementation models available to them. Based on the organization’s needs,...
Identifying Compromised Passwords (Part 2)
When you want to submit sensitive information to a PowerShell function, you typically use the SecureString type. This type makes sure a user gets...
Why You Should be Encrypting Database Backups
Data security is a hot topic in the IT industry for reasons that range from simply safeguarding information resources to maintaining compliance with...
Monitoring Oracle Containers and Pluggable Databases with Precise
Precise for Oracle allows you to monitor Oracle Container Databases and Pluggable Databases (also known as Oracle Mult Tenant Architecture). It...
Identifying Compromised Passwords (Part 1)
Passwords are no longer considered safe when they are complex. Instead, you need to ensure that passwords have not been compromised and are not part...
COVID-19 Disruption Navigation
IT Systems Under Pressure? We’re here to help during this uncertain time. View our free resources to help you navigate disruption caused by...
Create Software Inventories
The Windows registry stores the names and details of all software that you installed. PowerShell can read this information and provide you with a...
Handling the Challenges of MySQL Performance in the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the reliance that the world puts on resources available through websites. Though some of the information...
Heightened Productivity for Your DBAs with Aqua Data Studio
The importance of data resources to modern businesses has resulted in database administrators assuming a more critical role in the corporate IT...
Keep PowerShell Modules Up-To-Date
It’s important to check every now and then that your PowerShell modules are up-to-date. If you are using old and outdated modules, you can run...
Using SQL Server Database Projects
Back in 2012, I had the pleasure and privilege of working with one of the sharpest developers I’ve ever met. He was a .NET lead of the...
The Challenge of Providing Peak SQL Server Performance
Of the many responsibilities thrust upon database administrators, attempting to provide peak performance is one that can attract a lot of unwanted...
Keep Your MySQL Servers Running Smoothly
During these hard times, it is important to maintain the performance and security of your MySQL servers. Organizations are reacting to rapidly...
Adding New PowerShell Commands
PowerShell is just a scripting platform and can be extended with new commands. A great source for new commands is the public PowerShell Gallery. You...
Are Statistics Being Used?
You know those tweets that you see once but can never find again? I remember seeing one a while ago where someone tweeted to #sqlhelp asking if the...
The Importance of Database Performance During the COVID-19 Crisis
In the days before the COVID-19 pandemic began to sweep across the world, many people took information technology (IT) and databases for granted....