Tag Archive: Value Proposition

The Value Proposition of Powershell to DBAs

Brent Ozar posted the results of poll he conducted on Powershell adoption among database professionals in a post entitled, Powershell poll results. Of particular note, out of the 100 polled, which I assume are mostly database professionals only about 20% use Powershell. I wonder if the results of the poll are really that different when…

Is PowerShell necessary for a DBA?

I have been a SQL DBA for 9 years and in that time I have worked with many DBAs. Surprisingly only about 20% of them knew a dynamic programming language other than T-SQL. So, Is Powershell necessary for a DBA? Before we can answer this question we need to answer some more specific questions… Why…