PowerShell Features in SSMS along with the SQLServer Module | Data Exposed MVP Edition
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The video discusses how to use PowerShell within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to navigate and manage SQL Server like a file system. Anna Hoffman and guest Ben Miller explain the integration of PowerShell’s SQL Server module, which replaces the older SQLPS module, enabling DBAs to interact with SQL Server objects using PowerShell provider paths. They demonstrate how to start PowerShell from object explorer, browse databases, tables, and other SQL objects as directories, and use scripting to automate tasks such as scripting out tables, removing tables, suspending and resuming availability groups, and managing jobs efficiently. The video highlights the benefits of the SQL Server module’s SMO library, the need to use the latest module version with allow clobber to avoid conflicts, and clarifies that this functionality works on-premise or within VMs but not with Azure SQL or managed instances. The PowerShell provider is shown as a powerful tool for DBAs to script, automate, and manage SQL Server environments effectively.