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 ...

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. SQL Server 2008 is mostly in the domain of system and database administrators ...

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

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals.