We have arrived at the final chapter of Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches. We hope you have found this book useful and exciting. Above all, we hope that we’ve convinced you that dbatools can simplify your life as a DBA, and spending a little time learning how to work with dbatools will save an enormous amount of time in the long run.
The good news is that completing this book is really only the beginning! We’ve provided 27 chapters discussing the most important use cases and our favorite functions, but this only just scratches the surface of the 600+ commands available in the dbatools module. Now that you’ve read the book, you not only know how to apply the tools to the real-world use cases we describe, you also know enough to discover and implement new commands on your own.
With the skills you’ve learned, you should be able to start relying on dbatools to easily manage large estates of SQL Servers and to automate processes. But what if you want more? Well, your learning journey can take you in a few different directions.
We have found that the best way to really embrace dbatools and PowerShell is to use them for tasks that we currently complete using SSMS or another tool. It may take you a little longer the first time, but not only will you have a script for the subsequent time you have to complete that task, you will also start to understand how the PowerShell commands map to what you know in SSMS.