In the series on dbatools module we at are going to look next at the Copy-SqlCredential.

As you may or may not know, if a DBA is going to keep his database up to shape and continue to process ETL (Extract Transform and Load) jobs they need to leverage automation. One method that is provided by SQL is the Agent, which may have jobs that leverage all sorts of items (SQL, SSIS packages, even Batch and PowerShell Scripts). Most of these jobs can run as the service account running the agent, but in some cases (Batch and SSIS among others) a Credential and Proxy are needed to run these jobs.

In migrating from one server to another, the DBA may not have access to the passwords for the Credentials that exist to run certain packages. I found that the Copy-SQLCredential to be helpful for this. In addition, this can be leveraged in the following way with Copy-SQLProxyAccount.

Copy-SQLCredential -Source SQL2012 -Destination SQL2016 -Credential 'Domain\CredentialedAccount'

Copy-SQLProxyAccount -Source SQL2012 -Destination SQL2016 -Credential 'Proxy_CredentialedAccount'