In PowerShell, the Exit function allows you to terminate or stop a script from running. It’s like telling the script to quit or finish up. You can use the Exit keyword to make this happen. Sometimes, ...

If you work in IT, chances are PowerShell is already part of your daily routine. You might use it to check a service, pull system information, or automate a task that would otherwise take several ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

As today’s database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database ...

If you don’t have a backup of your MS SQL database, then follow the below ways to recover deleted data. Transaction log files record each change made to the ...

Vibe coded with minor human intervention using Windsurf AI and Claude 3.7 Sonnet. To set up a scheduled task to run the script daily: Open Task Scheduler. Create a new task. Set the trigger to run ...