So much is new and different! If you'd like to try it while you read this blog post, you can currently install dbatools 2.0 by executing the following command: 1Install-Module dbatools Requirements dbatools still works on PowerShell v3 an v4! Thanks to Microsoft for making that possible with SMO. PowerShell v5.1 is …

I cannot believe my eyes. I imagine some PowerShellers will disagree with me but when developing modules that support older versions of PowerShell, I refuse to even try to support Core vs Desktop in my module manifest. I imagine this will be the case for the next decade or two. I've been working on dbatools 2.0 for a …

I've been trying for years to get dbatools to import faster. There's a lot of plain-text code to import and even more help. Binary modules like Microsoft's SqlServer module benefit from prior compilation and can be imported in like 500-900ms whereas dbatools generally takes 2-5 seconds. I've written about module …

When I first joined Mastodon, I was excited to learn that fedifinder and debirdify can help find my Twitter friends on Mastodon. Both are web-based tools that search your follows and/or followers on Twitter for possible Mastodon accounts, then export the results to a CSV file. First thing I'd recommend doing? Find your …

After moving from Twitter to Mastodon, I wrote a blog post about how aliases can help us keep a consistent social media presence even if we change servers. This means that even though dbatools is currently using the fosstodon.org server as [email protected], I'll be linking [email protected] on all of our …

Just recently, I was presenting at a conference and when I got to the intro slide, I realized how weird it is that Twitter will no longer be a part of that. I used to dedicate a whole slide saying "Find me on Twitter, I'm @cl" and now ¯\(ツ)/¯. Thing is, I found a server I like so far but what if I move? What …

Mastodon feels like the 2007 Internet -- it's exciting and hasn't been plagued by SEO-gaming websites and the familiar "five sites screenshotting each other" effect. Initially, I was pretty gutted by the sale of Twitter but now I see that what I was afraid of losing connections with my friends. Fortunately, …

One of my GitHub Actions, mssqlsuite makes it ultra easy to install SQL Server on Linux, Windows and macOS runners. When working on the macOS portion, I was surprised that docker was not built-in. Turns out, GitHub had to remove docker from the macOS images because of licensing issues. Workarounds One of the most …

Code signing your scripts, modules and applications can help increase enterprise adoption, as large organizations often prohibit running unsigned tools on Windows. Signed code allows machines to verify that what they're running hasn't been altered or compromised by a third party, which ultimately increases their …

I've used ExpressVPN for years and it's worked great on all my devices until one day, when it stopped even trying to make a connection from my Mac Mini. As soon as I'd hit the connect button, it said it couldn't detect an internet connection -- even though I totally had an Internet connection. So I uninstalled, …