You can watch the replay for this Geek Sync webcast in the IDERA Resource Center: http://ow.ly/pBam50A5qHV This session will provide the PowerShell essential skills to work with SQL Server Management Objects (well known as SMO). Maximo Trinidad will talk about how-to connect to SQL Server (both Windows and SQL Authentication), working with SMO objects, and showing some PowerShell cmdlets that can assist when building the script(s).

1. PowerShell
Essentials using
SQL Server SMO
June 16th , 2015

2. About Maximo Trinidad
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Email: maxt@putittogether.net

3. Agenda
About IDERA PowerShellPlus Professional
PowerShell & SMO Objects Requirements
What we are Covering with SMO?
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4. IDERA PowerShellPlus
Professional
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5. IDERA PowerShellPlus
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• About IDERA's PowerShellPlus Professional Edition
Free download
Useful snippets
Customized Options and Themes
All in one environment for:
* Scripting
* Debug
* Run in Console
And, many more…

6. PowerShell & SMO
Requirements
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 On Desktops: Windows 7 SP1 (or greater)
 On Servers: 2008 R2 (or greater)
 .NET Framework 4.0 (or greater)
 PowerShell & WMF (Windows Management Framework) 4.0 (or greater)
 Available PowerShell version 5.0 April Preview (WMF 5.0 for
Windows 7 SP1)
 SQL Server SMO version 2000/2005/2008/2008R2/2012/2014.
 Any version of PowerShell for SMO scripting: v2/3/4 (or greater).

7. What we are covering with SMO?
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• Establishing connection to SQLServer
• Extending timeout.
• Windows Authentication (default).
• SQL Server Authentication.
• Script demo the following:
• Get-member (alias gm)
• Out-Gridview (alias ogv)
• Invoke-Item (alias ii)
• Format-Table (alias ft)
• ForEach()
• Scriptblock Expressions
• Build PSObjects, strings, DateTime String, .NET format
• Embeding and executing T-SQL scripts
• Covering Output data: Console, GridView, and CSV

8. Live Demo
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9. Question & Answer
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For more Information:
• PowerShell v4.0 use:
Get-Help "cmd_name” or “About-Topic*" –ShowWindow
• Check my blog site at: http://www.maxtblog.com/
• SMO documentation MSDN Library:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162169.aspx
https: //msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo.aspx
• SQL Server Magazine Article "Using SQL Server Management Objects with PowerShell":
http://sqlmag.com/powershell/using-sql-server-management-objects-powershell
My contact information:
Maximo Trinidad
Email: maxt@putittogether.net