Shawn Melton

Biography
Shawn Melton started his IT career in 2002 after graduating college. He started working with SQL Server in 2005 and has worked with SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2. He has been working as a full time DBA since 2009 in Montgomery, AL.

Community Activity
Shawn is a frequent contributor on Ask SSC and Stack Exchange forums helping out where he can with SQL Server and PowerShell questions.

SQL Server Interests
Shawn enjoys just working with SQL Server and sharing what he has learned with the community through blogging and contributing on forums. He has become interested in PowerShell as well and how it can be used both with SQL Server and other administrative tasks.
Title Category Date
Desired State Configuration for SQL Server – Configurations Database Administration2018-02-09
Desired State Configuration and the SQL Server DBA Database Administration2017-09-07
Using PowerShell for SQL Server Transaction Log Backups PowerShell2011-09-27
Using PowerShell for SQL Server Database Backups PowerShell2011-09-16
Why is SQL Server Configuration Manager Missing Services SQL Server Configurations2011-09-08
What does my SQL Server data look like over the wire? Monitoring2011-07-13
SQL Server Management Studio SQLCMD mode option SQL Server Management Studio2011-06-03
Using PowerShell to Pull SQL Server Services Configuration Information PowerShell2011-04-14