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SQL Server 2012
with PowerShell V3
Cookbook
Increase your productivity as a DBA, developer, or IT Pro, by using PowerShell with SQL Server
to simplify database management and automate repetitive, mundane tasks.

Donabel Santos

professional expertise distilled

P U B L I S H I N G

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI


SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3
Cookbook
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First published: October 2012

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About the Author
Donabel Santos is a SQL Server MVP and is the senior SQL Server Developer/DBA/

Trainer at QueryWorks Solutions, a consulting and training company in Vancouver, BC. She
has worked with SQL Server since version 2000 in numerous development, tuning, reporting,
and integration projects with ERPs, CRMs, SharePoint, and other custom applications. She
holds MCITP certifications for SQL Server 2005/2008, and an MCTS for SharePoint. She is a

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and is also the lead instructor for SQL Server Administration,
Development, and SSIS courses at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).

Donabel is a proud member of PASS (Professional Association of SQL Server), and a proud BCIT
alumna (CST diploma and degree). She blogs (www.sqlmusings.com), tweets (@sqlbelle),
speaks and presents (SQLSaturday, VANPASS, Vancouver TechFest, and so on), trains (BCIT,
QueryWorks Solutions), and writes (Packt, Idera, SSWUG, and so on).


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