MCPmag

Creating a SQL Server Login Using PowerShell and SMO

In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...
InfoQ

SQL Server Source Control and Deployment with Visual Studio

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Visual Studio Magazine

Retrieving and Updating JSON Objects in SQL Server 2016

With SQL Server 2016, you can store JSON objects in your rows. Here’s how to work with JSON objects, including how to update them once you’ve found them. In a previous Practical .NET column I showed ...
MCPmag

Introduction to SQL Server Management Objects with PowerShell

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...