SQL Server 2014 with PowerShell v5 Cookbook

Changing database owner

This recipe shows how to programmatically change a SQL Server database owner.

Getting ready

This task assumes you have created a database called TestDB, and a Windows account QUERYWORKS\srogers. QUERYWORKS\srogers has been created in our test VM.

Note

For more information, see Appendix B, Create a SQL Server VM.

If you don't have it, create the database TestDB by following the steps in the Creating a database recipe.

How to do it...

Let's look at the steps involved in changing a database owner:

1. Open PowerShell ISE as administrator.
2. Import the SQLPS module and create a new SMO Server Object:

   #import SQL Server module Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking #replace this with your instance name $instanceName = "localhost" $server ...