Gathering Data using PowerShell

Presented on May 17, 2017 by Data Platform MVP Ben Miller
Think of questions that you could ask about an environment that is database rich. How many databases do you have, across how many servers? How has the data grown and how much disk space will we need over the next 2 years? So many questions to be asked and there are not a lot if any views or functions that can tell you what happened a day ago or even last week. Do you know how many databases you had at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year without having to dig through logs or other places? This session will cover using PowerShell to get information quickly and putting it in a repository that you can use the answer these questions. Not only that, but you can use it proactively in your career as a DBA. PowerShell has some great tools and using SMO you can gather and store all that information. Join me in the quest to become a PowerShell DBA and have information at your fingertips to help you in your career.