xSQLServer

5.0.0.0

Module with DSC Resources for deployment and configuration of Microsoft SQL Server.

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4.0

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Owners

Copyright

(c) 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Microsoft Corporation

Tags

DesiredStateConfiguration DSC DSCResourceKit DSCResource

DSCResources

xSQLAOGroupEnsure xSQLAOGroupJoin xSQLServerAlias xSQLServerAlwaysOnService xSQLServerAvailabilityGroupListener xSQLServerConfiguration xSQLServerDatabase xSQLServerDatabaseOwner xSQLServerDatabasePermission xSQLServerDatabaseRecoveryModel xSQLServerDatabaseRole xSQLServerEndpoint xSQLServerEndpointPermission xSQLServerEndpointState xSQLServerFailoverClusterSetup xSQLServerFirewall xSQLServerLogin xSQLServerMaxDop xSQLServerMemory xSQLServerNetwork xSQLServerPermission xSQLServerReplication xSQLServerRole xSQLServerRSConfig xSQLServerRSSecureConnectionLevel xSQLServerScript xSQLServerSetup xWaitForAvailabilityGroup

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

- Improvements how tests are initiated in AppVeyor
 - Removed previous workaround (issue 201) from unit tests.
 - Changes in appveyor.yml so that SQL modules are removed before common test is run.
 - Now the deploy step are no longer failing when merging code into Dev. Neither is the deploy step failing if a contributor had AppVeyor connected to the fork of xSQLServer and pushing code to the fork.
- Changes to README.md
 - Changed the contributing section to help new contributors.
 - Added links for each resource so it is easier to navigate to the parameter list for each resource.
 - Moved the list of resources in alphabetical order.
 - Moved each resource parameter list into alphabetical order.
 - Removed old text mentioning System Center.
 - Now the correct product name is written in the installation section, and a typo was also fixed.
 - Fixed a typo in the Requirements section.
 - Added link to Examples folder in the Examples section.
 - Change the layout of the README.md to closer match the one of PSDscResources
 - Added more detailed text explaining what operating systemes WMF5.0 can be installed on.
 - Verified all resource schema files with the README.md and fixed some errors (descriptions was not verified).
 - Added security requirements section for resource xSQLServerEndpoint and xSQLAOGroupEnsure.
- Changes to xSQLServerSetup
 - The resource no longer uses Win32_Product WMI class when evaluating if SQL Server Management Studio is installed. See article [kb974524](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/974524) for more information.
 - Now it uses CIM cmdlets to get information from WMI classes.
 - Resolved all of the PSScriptAnalyzer warnings that was triggered in the common tests.
 - Improvement for service accounts to enable support for Managed Service Accounts as well as other nt authority accounts
 - Changes to the helper function Copy-ItemWithRoboCopy
   - Robocopy is now started using Start-Process and the error handling has been improved.
   - Robocopy now removes files at the destination path if they no longer exists at the source.
   - Robocopy copies using unbuffered I/O when available (recommended for large files).
 - Added a more descriptive text for the parameter `SourceCredential` to further explain how the parameter work.
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Removed parameter SourceFolder.
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Removed default value "$PSScriptRoot\..\..\" from parameter SourcePath.
 - Old code, that no longer filled any function, has been replaced.
     - Function `ResolvePath` has been replaced with `[Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($SourcePath)` so that environment variables still can be used in Source Path.
     - Function `NetUse` has been replaced with `New-SmbMapping` and `Remove-SmbMapping`.
 - Renamed function `GetSQLVersion` to `Get-SqlMajorVersion`.
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Renamed parameter PID to ProductKey to avoid collision with automatic variable $PID
- Changes to xSQLServerScript
 - All credential parameters now also has the type [System.Management.Automation.Credential()] to better work with PowerShell 4.0.
 - It is now possible to configure two instances on the same node, with the same script.
 - Added to the description text for the parameter `Credential` describing how to authenticate using Windows Authentication.
 - Added examples to show how to authenticate using either SQL or Windows authentication.
 - A recent issue showed that there is a known problem running this resource using PowerShell 4.0. For more information, see [issue #273](https://github.com/PowerShell/xSQLServer/issues/273)
- Changes to xSQLServerFirewall
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Removed parameter SourceFolder.
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Removed default value "$PSScriptRoot\..\..\" from parameter SourcePath.
 - Old code, that no longer filled any function, has been replaced.
   - Function `ResolvePath` has been replaced with `[Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($SourcePath)` so that environment variables still can be used in Source Path.
 - Adding new optional parameter SourceCredential that can be used to authenticate against SourcePath.
 - Solved PSSA rules errors in the code.
 - Get-TargetResource no longer return $true when no products was installed.
- Changes to the unit test for resource
 - xSQLServerSetup
   - Added test coverage for helper function Copy-ItemWithRoboCopy
- Changes to xSQLServerLogin
 - Removed ShouldProcess statements
 - Added the ability to enforce password policies on SQL logins
- Added common test (xSQLServerCommon.Tests) for xSQLServer module
 - Now all markdown files will be style checked when tests are running in AppVeyor after sending in a pull request.
 - Now all [Examples](/Examples/Resources) will be tested by compiling to a .mof file after sending in a pull request.
- Changes to xSQLServerDatabaseOwner
 - The example "SetDatabaseOwner" can now compile, it wrongly had a `DependsOn` in the example.
- Changes to SQLServerRole
 - The examples "AddServerRole" and "RemoveServerRole" can now compile, it wrongly had a `DependsOn` in the example.
- Changes to CONTRIBUTING.md
 - Added section "Tests for examples files"
 - Added section "Tests for style check of Markdown files"
 - Added section "Documentation with Markdown"
 - Added texts to section "Tests"
- Changes to xSQLServerHelper
 - added functions
   - Get-SqlDatabaseRecoveryModel
   - Set-SqlDatabaseRecoveryModel
- Examples
 - xSQLServerDatabaseRecoveryModel
   - 1-SetDatabaseRecoveryModel.ps1
 - xSQLServerDatabasePermission
   - 1-GrantDatabasePermissions.ps1
   - 2-RevokeDatabasePermissions.ps1
   - 3-DenyDatabasePermissions.ps1
 - xSQLServerFirewall
   - 1-CreateInboundFirewallRules
   - 2-RemoveInboundFirewallRules
- Added tests for resources
 - xSQLServerDatabaseRecoveryModel
 - xSQLServerDatabasePermissions
 - xSQLServerFirewall
- Changes to xSQLServerDatabaseRecoveryModel
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Renamed xSQLDatabaseRecoveryModel to xSQLServerDatabaseRecoveryModel to align wíth naming convention.
 - BREAKING CHANGE: The mandatory parameters now include SQLServer, and SQLInstanceName.
- Changes to xSQLServerDatabasePermission
 - BREAKING CHANGE: Renamed xSQLServerDatabasePermissions to xSQLServerDatabasePermission to align wíth naming convention.
 - BREAKING CHANGE: The mandatory parameters now include PermissionState, SQLServer, and SQLInstanceName.
- Added support for clustered installations to xSQLServerSetup
 - Migrated relevant code from xSQLServerFailoverClusterSetup
 - Removed Get-WmiObject usage
 - Clustered storage mapping now supports asymmetric cluster storage
 - Added support for multi-subnet clusters
 - Added localized error messages for cluster object mapping
 - Updated README.md to reflect new parameters
- Updated description for xSQLServerFailoverClusterSetup to indicate it is deprecated.
- xPDT helper module
 - Function GetxPDTVariable was removed since it no longer was used by any resources.
 - File xPDT.xml was removed since it was not used by any resources, and did not provide any value to the module.
- Changes xSQLServerHelper moduled
 - Removed the globally defined `$VerbosePreference = Continue` from xSQLServerHelper.
 - Fixed a typo in a variable name in the function New-ListenerADObject.
 - Now Restart-SqlService will correctly show the services it restarts. Also fixed PSSA warnings.

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Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
9.1.0.0 288,513 1/24/2018
9.0.0.0 7,301 11/15/2017
8.2.0.0 5,487 10/5/2017
8.1.0.0 5,956 8/23/2017
8.0.0.0 5,767 7/12/2017
7.1.0.0 6,874 5/31/2017
7.0.0.0 8,221 4/19/2017
6.0.0.0 10,770 3/8/2017
5.0.0.0 (current version) 2,550 1/26/2017
4.0.0.0 2,354 12/14/2016
3.0.0.0 1,929 11/2/2016
2.0.0.0 7,390 9/21/2016
1.8.0.0 28,478 8/10/2016
1.7.0.0 2,193 6/29/2016
1.6.0.0 1,323 5/18/2016
1.5.0.0 1,008 3/31/2016
1.4.0.0 1,595 2/3/2016
1.3.0.0 2,169 5/2/2015
1.2.1.0 503 2/19/2015
1.2.0.0 77 12/18/2014
1.1.0.0 87 10/24/2014
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