{"id":702,"date":"2008-03-25T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T07:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/bobb\/post\/Accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-SQL-Server-2008-PowerShell-provider.aspx"},"modified":"2008-03-25T07:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T07:21:00","slug":"accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessing multiple servers with the SQL Server 2008 PowerShell provider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nShort post this evening&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nJust in case anyone else flails around looking for this feature, its right under your nose. When you use the PowerShell SQL Server 2008 provider, you have visibility to a single, local machine (and all its SQL Server instances you can access with integrated security) by default. To get access to multiple machines using the provider, simply <strong>reference a SQL provider path that contains that machine name<\/strong>. If the (Windows) principal has access to the other machine&#39;s SQL Server instance, it will open a connection using Windows auth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor example, say that I&#39;m on a machine named zmv20. I have access to machine zmv21&#39;s SQL Server instance&nbsp;as well.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&gt;cd SQLSERVER:\\SQL<br \/>\n&gt;dir\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMachineName<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nzmv20\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&gt;dir zmv21&nbsp; &lt;&#8212;- makes a connection to zmv21\n<\/p>\n<p>\nInstance Name&nbsp; (on zmv21)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nDEFAULT\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&gt;dir&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;&#8212;- now you can &quot;see&quot; zmv21 too\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMachineName<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nzmv20<br \/>\nzmv21\n<\/p>\n<p>\nUsing the test-path cmdlet also works.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&gt;test-path SQLSERVER:\\SQL\\zmv22&nbsp; &lt;&#8212;- can I login to this machine too?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut bear in mind that this is subject to a connection timeout lag. The error message indicates that its first using WMI to obtain the machine connection.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOf course, all this is doc&#39;d in SQL Server Books Online. Where I missed it a few times&#8230;I was looking for the equivalent of a &quot;connect&quot; command. You don&#39;t need one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short post this evening&#8230; Just in case anyone else flails around looking for this feature, its right under your nose. When you use the PowerShell SQL Server 2008 provider, you have visibility to a single, local machine (and all its SQL Server instances you can access with integrated security) by default. To get access to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-powershell","category-sql-server-2008"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Accessing multiple servers with the SQL Server 2008 PowerShell provider - Bob Beauchemin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accessing multiple servers with the SQL Server 2008 PowerShell provider - Bob Beauchemin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Short post this evening&#8230; Just in case anyone else flails around looking for this feature, its right under your nose. When you use the PowerShell SQL Server 2008 provider, you have visibility to a single, local machine (and all its SQL Server instances you can access with integrated security) by default. To get access to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bob Beauchemin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-03-25T07:21:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bob Beauchemin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bob Beauchemin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/\",\"name\":\"Accessing multiple servers with the SQL Server 2008 PowerShell provider - Bob Beauchemin\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-03-25T07:21:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-03-25T07:21:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#\/schema\/person\/62bfa986c5b5d28fcffd8b4fc409c73e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PowerShell\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/category\/powershell\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Accessing multiple servers with the SQL Server 2008 PowerShell provider\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/\",\"name\":\"Bob Beauchemin\",\"description\":\"SQL Server Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#\/schema\/person\/62bfa986c5b5d28fcffd8b4fc409c73e\",\"name\":\"Bob Beauchemin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f80e6cc667410857fa6a21931dc528b8092f4d112bf7a8ff7c267674d44ee37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f80e6cc667410857fa6a21931dc528b8092f4d112bf7a8ff7c267674d44ee37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bob Beauchemin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/author\/bobb\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Accessing multiple servers with the SQL Server 2008 PowerShell provider - Bob Beauchemin","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Accessing multiple servers with the SQL Server 2008 PowerShell provider - Bob Beauchemin","og_description":"Short post this evening&#8230; Just in case anyone else flails around looking for this feature, its right under your nose. When you use the PowerShell SQL Server 2008 provider, you have visibility to a single, local machine (and all its SQL Server instances you can access with integrated security) by default. To get access to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/","og_site_name":"Bob Beauchemin","article_published_time":"2008-03-25T07:21:00+00:00","author":"Bob Beauchemin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bob Beauchemin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/","name":"Accessing multiple servers with the SQL Server 2008 PowerShell provider - Bob Beauchemin","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-03-25T07:21:00+00:00","dateModified":"2008-03-25T07:21:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#\/schema\/person\/62bfa986c5b5d28fcffd8b4fc409c73e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/accessing-multiple-servers-with-the-sql-server-2008-powershell-provider\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PowerShell","item":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/category\/powershell\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Accessing multiple servers with the SQL Server 2008 PowerShell provider"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/","name":"Bob Beauchemin","description":"SQL Server Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#\/schema\/person\/62bfa986c5b5d28fcffd8b4fc409c73e","name":"Bob Beauchemin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f80e6cc667410857fa6a21931dc528b8092f4d112bf7a8ff7c267674d44ee37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f80e6cc667410857fa6a21931dc528b8092f4d112bf7a8ff7c267674d44ee37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bob Beauchemin"},"sameAs":["http:\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/author\/bobb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}