sql-server-samples/samples/manage/sql-assessment-api/notebooks/SQLAssessmentAPIQuickStartNotebook.ipynb

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                "# SQL Assessment API Quick Start\r\n",
                "## Assess your SQL Server configuration for best practices in 2 simple steps"
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                "### 1. Setup\r\n",
                "You need to install PowerShell SqlServer module using the following command. It is a good practice to run Import-Module at the beginning of your session as well. Get-Module will show you the version you have installed. The minimum version you want is 21.1.18206 — it is the version of SqlServer module containing SQL Assessment API GA."
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                "# Uncomment and run Install-Module only the first time \r\n",
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                "Get-Module"
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                "### 2. Invoke an assessment\r\n",
                "This command runs an assessment against your local SQL Server instance.\r\n",
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                "\r\n",
                "You will see in the results that each rule has some properties (not the full list):\r\n",
                "- Severity (info, warning, critical) \r\n",
                "- Message property explains the recommendation but if you need more info, there is a HelpLink property that points at documentation on the subject.\r\n",
                "- Origin shows which ruleset and version the recommendation is coming from\r\n",
                "\r\n",
                "Visit SQL Assessment API GitHub page at http://aka.ms/sql-assessment-api for a full list of rules and properties.\r\n",
                "\r\n",
                "If you want to get recommendations for all databases on the local instance, you can run this command."
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                "Get-SqlDatabase -ServerInstance 'localhost' | Invoke-SqlAssessment"
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                "### Learn more about SQL Assessment API\r\n",
                "To learn more about SQL Assesment API such as customizing and extending the rule set, saving the results in a table, etc., please visit:\r\n",
                "- Continue learning more about SQL Assessments with the ➡ [SQL Assessment API Tutorial notebook](https://github.com/microsoft/sql-server-samples/blob/master/samples/manage/sql-assessment-api/notebooks/SQLAssessmentAPITutorialNotebook.ipynb)\r\n",
                "- Docs online page: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/sql-assessment-api/sql-assessment-api-overview \r\n",
                "- GitHub repo: http://aka.ms/sql-assessment-api"
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