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2022
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                                Check if You Have Old Versions of Modules
                                    
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                                        Sep 29
                                    
                                
                             
                           Simple script to check your installed modules against the PSGallery
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                                PowerShell Prompt: Functionality
                                    
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                                        Sep 17
                                    
                                
                             
                           Some handy tips to add extra functionality to your PowerShell session
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                                PowerShell Prompt: Colors and Icons
                                    
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                                        Sep 7
                                    
                                
                             
                           Tips and Tricks to improve your PowerShell experience
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                                SQLServer, sp_configure and PowerShell
                                    
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                                        Jan 7
                                    
                                
                             
                           How to use PowerShell to look at and change sp_configure options.
 
2021
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                                Nth Day of Month
                                    
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                                        Dec 21
                                    
                                
                             
                           Quick script to find the Nth day of a month.
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                                T-SQL Tuesday #145 - Conferences
                                    
                                        
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                                        Dec 14
                                    
                                
                             
                           T-SQL Tuesday 145 - Conferences.
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                                Update Portable VSCode
                                    
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                                        Nov 18
                                    
                                
                             
                           Make updating the portable version of VSCode easier.
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                                T-SQL Tuesday #143 - Short Code Examples
                                    
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                                        Oct 12
                                    
                                
                             
                           My go to scripts for day-to-day tasks.
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                                Search SQL Server Errorlog with PowerShell
                                    
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                                        Oct 1
                                    
                                
                             
                           Search SQL Server’s errorlog for problems with PowerShell using community tools
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                                Stop or Start SQL Server With PowerShell
                                    
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                                        Aug 31
                                    
                                
                             
                           How to stop a SQL Server service with PowerShell
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                                NT AUTHORITY \ ANONYMOUS LOGON Error
                                    
                                        
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                                        Aug 16
                                    
                                
                             
                           What to do if you get NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON errors with your existing linked server connection in SQL Server.
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                                T-SQL Tuesday #141 - Work/Life Balance
                                    
                                        
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                                        Aug 10
                                    
                                
                             
                           Some thoughts on maintaining a good work/life balance
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                                Free DBA Superpowers
                                    
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                                        Aug 3
                                    
                                
                             
                           Free tools that will make people think you have superpowers.
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                                What Do I Name My PowerShell Script
                                    
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                                        Jul 26
                                    
                                
                             
                           We take a look at how to find the right verb for naming our PowerShell commands.
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                                Make PowerShell 5.1 Use TLS 1.2
                                    
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                                        Jul 19
                                    
                                
                             
                           Set PowerShell 5.1 Security Protocol to use TLS 1.2
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                                T-SQL Tuesday #140 - Container Convenience
                                    
                                        
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                                        Jul 13
                                    
                                
                             
                           Explore some of the things you can do with containers.
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                                From SQL to Excel with PowerShell
                                    
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                                        Jun 30
                                    
                                
                             
                           Easily get your query from SQL Server into Excel with PowerShell
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                                Generate Restore Script with Dbatools
                                    
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                                        Jun 21
                                    
                                
                             
                           Use the dbatools PowerShell module to generate a database restore script.
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                                Remove Old dbatools Modules
                                    
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                                        Jun 14
                                    
                                
                             
                           A straight forward way to remove old versions of dbatools with just a few commands.
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                                T-SQL Tuesday #139 - How Hybrid Am I?
                                    
                                        
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                                        Jun 8
                                    
                                
                             
                           In this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, I talk about where I am on my hybrid data journey.