| title | description | author | ms.author | ms.reviewer | ms.date | ms.service | ms.subservice | ms.topic |
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Run Windows PowerShell from SQL Server Management Studio |
Learn how to start a Windows PowerShell session from Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio, with the path preset to the location of your choice of objects. |
markingmyname |
maghan |
matteot, erinstellato |
07/27/2023 |
sql |
sql-server-powershell |
conceptual |
[!INCLUDE sqlserver]
You can start Windows PowerShell sessions from Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). SSMS launches Windows PowerShell, loads the SqlServer module, and sets the path context to the associated node in the Object Explorer tree.
[!INCLUDE sql-server-powershell-version]
When you specify running PowerShell for an object in Object Explorer, SQL Server Management Studio starts a Windows PowerShell session in which the SQL Server PowerShell snap-ins have been loaded and registered. The path for the session is preset to the location of the object you right-clicked in Object Explorer.
For example, if you right-click the AdventureWorks database object in Object Explorer and select Start PowerShell, the Windows PowerShell path is set as seen below:
SQLSERVER:\SQL\MyComputer\MyInstance\Databases\AdventureWorks2022>-
Open Object Explorer.
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Navigate to the node for the object to be worked on.
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Right-click the object and select Start PowerShell.
When opened from SQL Server Management Studio, PowerShell doesn't run with Administrator privileges, which may prevent some activities such as calls to WMI.