Category: Powershell

PowerShell for fun (and profit?)

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date November 15, 2017
Categories In Powershell, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning
3 Comments on PowerShell for fun (and profit?)

Let’s have a liltle fun with PowerShell. Along with, I suppose, a couple of useful things and links.

Powershell to Robocopy files (say, to back up your computer to protect against CryptoWall trojan)

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date February 7, 2015
Categories In Admin, Powershell, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning, Tips
5 Comments on Powershell to Robocopy files (say, to back up your computer to protect against CryptoWall trojan)

We were having a good time on DBAs@Midnight, when Sean got a weird pop up message that said all his files were encrypted, and he has to pay a large amount of money via Bitcoin to get the encryption key. The show quickly ground to a halt as he, then he and Freddie, then all […]

Session: Introduction to Powershell Cmdlets for DBAs

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date October 28, 2014
Categories In All Things MidnightDBA, Beginner, Powershell, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning
1 Comment on Session: Introduction to Powershell Cmdlets for DBAs

I’ve given my new Powershell Cmdlets for DBAs session a handful of times now, and just realized I haven’t blogged about it! Download the session recording here Download the code file here Abstract: You’ve been hearing about this newfangled craze, and it’s time to learn exactly why it’s called POWERshell. You’ll want to take notes, or better yet, […]