Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches

If you work with SQL Server, dbatools is a lifesaver. This book will show you how to use this free and open source PowerShell module to automate just about every SQL server task you can imagine—all in just one month!

In Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches you will learn how

Perform instance-to-instance and customized migrations

Automate security audits, tempdb configuration, alerting, and reporting

Schedule and monitor PowerShell tasks in SQL Server Agent

Bulk-import any type of data into SQL Server

Install dbatools in secure environments

Written by a group of expert authors including dbatools creator Chrissy LeMaire, Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches teaches you techniques that will make you more effective—and efficient—than you ever thought possible. In twenty-eight lunchbreak lessons, you’ll learn the most important use cases of dbatools and the favorite functions of its core developers. Stabilize and standardize your SQL server environment, and simplify your tasks by building automation, alerting, and reporting with this powerful tool.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the technology

For SQL Server DBAs, automation is the key to efficiency. Using the open-source dbatools PowerShell module, you can easily execute tasks on thousands of database servers at once—all from the command line. dbatools gives you over 500 pre-built commands, with countless new options for managing SQL Server at scale. There’s nothing else like it.

About the book

Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches teaches you how to automate SQL Server using the dbatools PowerShell module. Each 30-minute lesson introduces a new automation that will make your daily duties easier. Following the expert advice of dbatools creator Chrissy LeMaire and other top community contributors, you’ll learn to script everything from backups to disaster recovery.

What's inside

Performing instance-to-instance and customized migrations

Automating security audits, best practices, and standardized configurations

Administering SQL Server Agent including running PowerShell scripts effectively

Bulk-importing many types of data into SQL Server

Executing advanced tasks and increasing efficiency for everyday administration

About the reader

For DBAs, accidental DBAs, and systems engineers who manage SQL Server.

About the author

Chrissy LeMaire is a GitHub Star and the creator of dbatools. Rob Sewell is a data engineer and a passionate automator. Jess Pomfret and Cláudio Silva are data platform architects. All are Microsoft MVPs.

Table of Contents

1 Before you begin

2 Installing dbatools

3 The dbatools lab

4 A gentle introduction to dbatools commands

5 Writing to SQL Server

6 Finding SQL Server instances on your network

7 Inventorying your SQL estate

8 Registered Servers

9 Logins and users

10 Backups

11 Restore

12 Snapshots

13 Install and update SQL Server

14 Preparing for disaster

15 Performing your first advanced SQL Server instance migration, part 1

16 Performing your first advanced SQL Server instance migration, part 2

17 High availability and disaster recovery

18 PowerShell and SQL Server Agent

19 SQL Server Agent administration

20 Creating and working with SQL Server Agent objects

21 Data masking

22 DevOps automation

23 Tracing SQL Server activity

24 Security and encryption

25 Data compression

26 Validating your estate with dbachecks

27 Working in the cloud

28 dbatools configurations and logging

29 Never the end