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An Introduction to MicrosoftFabricMgmt

Published 2026-02-25 by Kevin Feasel

Rob Sewell has a series of posts on MicrosoftFabricMgmt. The first post provides an introduction:

I have been introducing the Microsoft fabric-toolbox — covering the toolbox itself, FUAM, and FCA. All excellent tools. But there is one item in the toolbox that I have been personally involved in building, and it is the one I am most excited to write about.

Today I am kicking off a series of posts about MicrosoftFabricMgmt — an enterprise-grade PowerShell module that gives you comprehensive, scriptable control over the entire Microsoft Fabric REST API. It is hosted as part of the fabric-toolbox on GitHub.

The second post covers installation and authentication:

Yesterday I introduced the MicrosoftFabricMgmt module and explained what it can do. Today we are getting hands on — installing the module, sorting out dependencies, and making your first connection to Microsoft Fabric.

By the end of this post you will have the module installed, be authenticated, and have your first list of Fabric workspaces in your terminal.

The third post involves not having to deal with a bunch of GUIDs:

Which workspace is 948d3445-54a5-4c2a-85e7-2c3d30933992? Which capacity? Who knows — go look it up. Multiply that by fifty items across ten workspaces and you have a frustrating afternoon ahead of you.

The PowerShell Module**MicrosoftFabricMgmt** solves some of this frustration.

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The Troubles of Documentation: Microsoft Fabric API Edition

Published 2026-02-06 by Kevin Feasel

Rob Sewell walks through a recent experience:

Firstly, an apology to my friends (especially Randolph) in the documentation team at Microsoft. I know how hard you work to produce accurate and useful documentation, and I appreciate your efforts. This is not a criticism of your work, but rather an observation about the challenges I faced.

This is a story about a recent experience and the lessons learned along the way.

Read on for the issue and what Rob had to do. This is a case study in how hard it is to write good documentation, especially around the edges of what is possible.

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Tracking Database File Sizes via Powershell

Published 2025-12-31 by Kevin Feasel

Kyle Burwell wants to know how big the databases are:

Database files (mdf, nds, ldfs, etc.) can get out of hand quickly and easily, leading to issues down the road. This can be due to improper planning, large data loads, and bad code run in production, just to list a few. As unglamorous as disk space monitoring is, we need to do our part as DBAs. This post is a quick guide on how to track database file sizes with PowerShell.

Read on for a few scripts to perform the task.

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An Overview of the FabricTools Powershell Module

Published 2025-12-29 by Kevin Feasel

Kamil Nowinski provides an overview of the FabricTools Powershell module:

Managing Microsoft Fabric at scale quickly becomes painful if you rely only on the UI. Workspaces, capacities, and tenant-level settings all need repeatable, scriptable management. FabricTools is a community-driven PowerShell module that fills this gap by adding high‑level cmdlets focused on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI administration.

In this post, you will learn what FabricTools is, how to install it from the PowerShell Gallery, and how to list all Fabric workspaces and export them to a CSV file for further analysis.

I was going to say “It looks a lot like DBATools” and then I realized that several of the contributors are DBATools mainstays, so that makes sense.

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Extracting SSMS 21 and 22 Saved Connection Data

Published 2025-11-24 by Kevin Feasel

Vlad Drumea wants to keep some connections:

In this post I demo a PowerShell script that can be used to extract and decrypt SSMS 21 and 22 saved connection information.

This script builds on the one for importing saved connections from SSMS 21 to SSMS 22.
Instead of importing, it looks for any SSMS 21 and 22 related config folders, extracts the relevant connection data, decrypts it and saves it in clear text.

Click through for a link to the script, as well as an explanation of what is happening.

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Using the trap Statement in Powershell

Published 2025-11-11 by Kevin Feasel

Patrick Gruenauer plays his trap card:

In PowerShell, error handling is a crucial aspect of writing robust and reliable scripts. One of the powerful features to manage errors gracefully is the trap statement. The trap statement allows you to define a block of code that runs whenever a terminating error occurs in your script. This can be particularly useful for logging errors, cleaning up resources. Let’s dive in.

Read on to see how it works. My preference would be to use try/catch blocks instead of trap statements, but it is interesting to see it there.

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“The Parameter is Incorrect” with Copy-DBACredential

Published 2025-11-03 by Kevin Feasel

Jack Corbett diagnoses a problem:

I was working with a client to do an upgrade/migration from SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2022, and this client assigns non-default ports to SQL Server. As part of the process, I had to create a credential on one node and needed it on the other node, so I went to the handy Copy-DBACredential dbatools cmdlet, but it didn’t work.

Read on for the troubleshooting process and the ultimate issue.

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Migrating from PSCore 6 to PowerShell 7.5

Published 2025-10-31 by Kevin Feasel

Adam Bertram lays out what has changed:

You adopted PowerShell Core 6 early. You moved scripts to .NET Core. You dealt with the compatibility issues. Now Microsoft wants you to upgrade again.

Here’s why it matters: PowerShell Core 6 is no longer supported. Your scripts still run, but you’re missing security patches, performance improvements, and features that make PowerShell 7.5 worth the upgrade.

The good news? Moving from Core 6 to 7.5 is easier than the jump from Windows PowerShell. Most scripts work unchanged. But “most” isn’t “all,” and the differences matter.

Read on to see what will break when moving from PowerShell Core 6 to PowerShell 7.5.

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Error Handling in Powershell with ErrorAction

Published 2025-10-07 by Kevin Feasel

Patrick Gruenauer decides to continue:

Error handling is an important part of scripting and automation, and PowerShell provides robust tools for managing errors efficiently. One of the key features for error management in PowerShell is the ErrorAction parameter. This blog post will dive into the ErrorAction parameter, explaining its usage and providing practical examples to illustrate its usage.

Read on to see the five available options and a pair of examples.

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The Readability Benefit of Splatting in Powershell

Published 2025-09-18 by Kevin Feasel

David Seis simplifies the code a bit:

Have you ever written a PowerShell command so long that it stretched across the screen? Or had to update a script and hunt through a long parameter list to change a single value? Splatting solves that problem by letting you pass multiple parameters to a command using a single variable.

Read on for some examples, including a good example of how to make similar cmdlet calls easier to read.

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