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Recently I have got a question about resources to learn PowerShell. There is plenty out there in the wild, but I came across an interesting module I would like to write today – PSKoans. What is PSKoans? The PSKoans module was created by Joel Sallow (blog|twitter) and here is its brief description taken from the…
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I always used VLOOKUP formula, I could do it even with my eyes closed, but now when I have Excel 365 I can use XLOOKUP, which is similar but not the same. When I have learned this new functionality I found out that I also have an option to use dynamic array formulas in a…
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Saving emails attachments with PowerShell
Problem Save attachments from hundreds of emails received via Microsoft Outlook using PowerShell. Scenario One of the systems generates report daily and sends it out via email as an attachment, that is being saved in the Inbox subfolder MyAlerts. Sample email below. After 6 months someone decides to analyze all the reports from the attachments.…
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I found the CTRL+D shortcut key as an interesting feature in many programs. It can duplicate without using copy and paste. But not always. It is also D like DELETE, DISPLAY, or HIGHLIGHT… Microsoft Office Excel and Google Docs Spreadsheets. In Excel or Google Spreadsheet, CTRL +D duplicates content from the cell/cells row above. We need to…
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While I was preparing to work in the new (for me) Microsoft Office 365, I learned that Excel 365 already has the “built-in” Power Query add-in. It does not appear directly on the ribbon. It is located under the DATA tab. For previous versions of Excel, the Power Query add-in should be downloaded from the…
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dbatools = command-line SSMS
dbatools commands used in this post: New-DbaServiceMasterKeyBackup-DbaServiceMasterKeyNew-DbaDbMasterKeyGet-DbaDbMasterKeyBackup-DbaDbMasterKeyRemove-DbaDbMasterKeyNew-DbaDbAsymmetricKeyGet-DbaDbAsymmetricKeyRemove-DbaDbAsymmetricKeyNew-DbaDbCertificateGet-DbaDbCertificateBackup-DbaDbCertificateRemove-DbaDbCertificateRestore-DbaDbCertificate Service Master Key There are multiple security-related objects that are not easily accessible via SQL Server Management Studio. The first one would be Service Master Key, if exists, can be seen under the master database. Luckily, dbatools can help us to take a backup. SSMS dbatools: New-DbaServiceMasterKey dbatools:…
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Many times happened to me when I received a PDF file with a table that I had to “type” into the program manually. Fortunately, the data didn’t have too many lines 10-20 at most, so it wasn’t time-consuming, but it was frustrating and it could cost a mistake. I wish I knew that before.This option…
Read More Microsoft Excel functionality – Data import from PDF – very useful tool. dbatools = command-line SSMS
dbatools commands used in this post: Get-DbaService Stop-DbaService Start-DbaService Restart-DbaService Start-DbaAgentJob Stop-DbaAgentJob New-DbaEndpoint Start-DbaEndpoint Stop-DbaEndpoint Start-DbaTrace Get-DbaTrace Stop-DbaTrace Start-DbaXESession Stop-DbaXESession SQL Services OK, let’s start. While doing some maintenance tasks there is a need to start/stop/restart SQL Services. Using SQL Server Configuration Manager is one way or even straight from SSMS, however, working with multiple…
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T-SQL-Tuesday
This month Elizabeth Noble (blog|twitter) hosts the #TSQL2SDAY event (see the invitation) and would like to know how did you make your life easier by automating thing. Paper age There was this place I just started and wanted to request a day off. I asked people around how to do this, what system do we…
Read More T-SQL Tuesday #130: Automate Your Stress AwayHi, I am Magda and this is my first blog post. I have seen #TSQL2SDAY invitation from Elizabeth Noble (blog|twitter) for September and thought I would give it a try. I am going to tell you about my adventures in improving things at work. Intro As a non-technical worker, I can’t do changes on my…
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