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Is manual download/implementation of PS modules possible without visual studio?

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The customer site is tightly controlled. Direct download from the world-wide web is not permitted. I am "transitioning" from Linux-based Oracle DBA to SQL Server admin. While the basic concepts are the same, the learning curve routinely approaches vertical. I have successfully downloaded the latest PowerShell SqlServer module from the gallery. Now I have a "nuget" package. nuget, I learn, is a feature of Visual Studio, of which I am woefully ignorant and hesitant to dive into. The vetting process for the award of privileges to use VisualStudio at my site are onerous. Thus the question, "Can I load this nuget package without learning/installing Visual Studio?"
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Monday, February 18, 2019 2:26 PM

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You don't. Just ask PowerShell to install the module.

Install-Module SQLServer

I suggest that you start by learning PowerShell as this is one of the first things you will learn. You will also need it to use the SQLServer module and to use the other management modules for SQLServer.

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Monday, February 18, 2019 3:46 PM
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I would think what you really want/need is to download and install docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-2017 (SQL Server Management Studio)
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Monday, February 18, 2019 5:14 PM
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I would think what you really want/need is to download and install docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-2017 (SQL Server Management Studio)

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The issue is how to install the PowerShell SQLServer module. That module does not come with SSMS. It is a separate download and install and installs like any other module. What the OP has is the NuGet project for the module which is only useful if you are going to modify the module.

The module is freely available from the PowerShellGallery using PowerShellGet (install-module). which will download and install the module into PowerShell.

See the following Microsoft document for complete instructions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/powershell/download-sql-server-ps-module?view=sql-server-2017

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Monday, February 18, 2019 5:27 PM