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Automating Database Maintenance with Jess Pomfret and dbatools

Published Tue 05 February 2019 in SQL > dbatools

dbatools is one of the coolest community projects I've seen - it is amazing how many commands are available to help make managing your SQL Server instances a breeze.

This week I had the opportunity to learn how to use dbatools to automate backups, change recovery models, and discover additional dbatools commands from dbatools contributor Jess Pomfret.

The video above goes over the basics, but be sure to check out Jess's companion blog post to learn more about these commands.

And once you start using dbatools and have ideas for adding more functionality, check out a previous video I did with Drew Furgiuele to learn about contributing to the community project yourself.

"How do I contribute to dbatools?" with Drew Furgiuele

Published Tue 06 February 2018 in SQL > dbatools

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This weekend I caught up with Drew Furgiuele at SQL Saturday Cleveland and learned how to get involved with the open-source dbatools PowerShell module.

If you don't use dbatools yet, what are you waiting for? It's an amazing community project that will help you automate your SQL Server work with over 350 ready-to-use commands.

After you start using dbatools, you might think of new commands you want to add or other features you want to improve - and the best part is that you can!

Even if writing PowerShell commands isn't one of your strengths, there are many ways you can contribute to this excellent community project as Drew mentions in the video above.