SQL Server 2014 with PowerShell v5 Cookbook

Listing SQL Server Jobs

This recipe illustrates how to list SQL Server Jobs using PowerShell.

Getting ready

Do a visual check of your SQL Server Jobs in your instance. You should see the following jobs after you run the script in this recipe:

How to do it...

These are the steps to list SQL Server Jobs:

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 = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -ArgumentList $instanceName

   Add the following script ...