SQL Express 2008 R2 Management Studio installation

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Issue: Adding Management Studio to an existing SQL Express 2008 R2 instance can be extremely difficult and frustrating. Solution: The following links can be used to download SQL Management Studio 2008 R2 with SP1 or with SP2.  If you are currently running SQL Express 2008 R2 SP3, then you will need to install management studio 2008 R2 with SP2, and then apply SQL 2008 R2 SP3. SSMS 2008 R2 with SP1: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26727 SSMS 2008 R2 with SP2: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30438 SQL Read more [...]

How to Install Azure PowerShell (Oct 2016)

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Installing and getting the Azure PowerShell modules working can be extremely frustrating.  Below I will attempt to streamline the process.  I created this process for Windows Server 2012 R2, however the same steps may work on other versions of Windows Server. Check your current version of PowerShell: Enter the following in PowerShell: $PSVersionTable.PSVersion check that you are on version 5 by looking at the 'major version' column. If you are not on PowerShell 5.0 then you need to install Read more [...]

2012 R2 WMF 5.0 “update not applicable to your computer”

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Issue: When attempting to install Windows Management Framework 5.0 on Windows 2012 R2 you receive the error: "The update is not applicable to your computer" Cause: You most likely downloaded the installation file for Windows Server 2012 (non-R2) titled "W2K12-KB3134759-x64.msu".  For Windows Server 2012 R2 you need to download the WMF 5.0 Installation file for Windows 8.1 and 2012 R2: "Win8.1AndW2K12R2-KB3134758-x64.msu". It's easy to miss and skip over the file since it begins with Read more [...]