Figure 6. We have really just dipped our toe into the water that is using SMO with PowerShell to explore and report on various portions of SQL server and its database and tables. We can also do things ...

The wizard can be found by right clicking the database they want to copy in SQL Server Management Studio and selecting Tasks and then Copy Database from the menu. Before-and-After Upgrade Checklist ...

SQL Server 2008 has a ton of new DBA features, but if you really want to make this thing go, just crank out a little code.

Learn how Data Transformation Services (DTS) can help you import, export, and/or transform data from various sources to single or multiple locations in Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

Let me explain. Traditionally, SQL Distributed Management Objects (DMO) and SMO have been complicated enough to code that many DBAs stayed away from them.