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Invoke-WebRequest under the System Account

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Invoke-WebRequest is a versatile Powershell CmdLet. However the way it works behind the scene creates sometimes strange behaviors. As you may aware the HTML parser engine greatly depends on system components and Web Browser such as Internet Explorer. A consequence of such a “design”, is that even on Windows Server […]

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Automated maintenance for SQL Server Express

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One of the drawbacks of using Express Editions of SQL Server is the lack of working SQL Agent Jobs. In particular when you are using Ola Hallengren’s excellent maintenance solution for backups and other maintenance tasks. His FAQ just suggests that you use sqlcmd to execute the stored procedures, but […]