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Downloads:

12,190

Downloads of v 2025.8.17:

7

Last Update:

18 Aug 2025

Published Date:

18 Aug 2025

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • the dbatools team

Tags:

dbatools.library (PowerShell Module)

(Ready for review)

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2025.8.17 | Updated: 18 Aug 2025

Downloads:

12,190

Downloads of v 2025.8.17:

7

Published:

18 Aug 2025

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • the dbatools team

dbatools.library (PowerShell Module) 2025.8.17

(Ready for review)

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by the dbatools team. The inclusion of the dbatools team trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify the dbatools team goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Verification Testing Passed

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Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

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Pauby (maintainer) on 18 Aug 2025 18:15:48 +00:00:

User 'Pauby' (maintainer) submitted package.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 18 Aug 2025 18:50:37 +00:00:

dbatools-library.powershell has passed automated validation. It may have or may still fail other checks like testing (verification).
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chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 18 Aug 2025 22:52:58 +00:00:

dbatools-library.powershell has passed automated package testing (verification). The next step in the process is package scanning.
Please visit https://gist.github.com/choco-bot/e6bfc543677339edc59db0a95459ca31 for details.
This is an FYI only. There is no action you need to take.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 18 Aug 2025 23:26:18 +00:00:

dbatools-library.powershell has passed automated virus scanning.

Description

dbatools is sort of like a command-line SQL Server Management Studio. The project initially started out as Start-SqlMigration.ps1, but has now grown into a collection of over 600 commands that help automate SQL Server tasks and encourage best practices.

This module is the library enabling cross-platform usage of the dbatools module.

NOTE: This module requires a minimum of PowerShell v3.

NOTE: This is an automatically updated package. If you find it is out of date by more than a week, please contact the maintainer(s) and let them know the package is no longer updating correctly.


tools\.skipAutoUninstaller
 
tools\chocolateyBeforeModify.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$moduleName = 'dbatools.library'      # this could be different from package name

$module = Get-Module -Name $moduleName
if ($module) {
    Write-Verbose "Module '$moduleName' is imported into the session. Removing it."
    Remove-Module -Name $moduleName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    if ($lib = [appdomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() | Where-Object FullName -like "dbatools, *") {
        Write-Verbose "Found locked DLL files for module '$moduleName'."
        $moduleDir = Split-Path $module.Path -Parent
        if ($lib.Location -like "$moduleDir\*") {
            Write-Warning @"
We have detected dbatools to be already imported from '$moduleDir' and the dll files have been locked and cannot be updated.
Please close all consoles that have dbatools imported (Remove-Module dbatools is NOT enough).
"@
            throw 
        }
    }
}
tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$moduleName = 'dbatools.library'  # this may be different from the package name and different case
$moduleVersion = $env:ChocolateyPackageVersion

if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 3) {
    throw "$moduleName) module requires a minimum of PowerShell v3."
}

# module may already be installed outside of Chocolatey
Remove-Module -Name $moduleName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

$sourcePath = Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath "$modulename.zip"
$destPath   = Join-Path -Path $env:ProgramFiles -ChildPath "WindowsPowerShell\Modules\$moduleName"

if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 5)
{
    $destPath     = Join-Path -Path $destPath -ChildPath $moduleVersion
}

Write-Verbose "Creating destination directory '$destPath' for module."
New-Item -Path $destPath -ItemType Directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null

Write-Verbose "Extracting '$moduleName' files from '$sourcePath' to '$destPath'."
Get-ChocolateyUnzip -FileFullPath $sourcePath -Destination $destPath

if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 4)
{
    $modulePaths = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('PSModulePath', 'Machine') -split ';'
    if ($modulePaths -notcontains $destPath)
    {
        Write-Verbose "Adding '$destPath' to PSModulePath."
        $newModulePath = @($destPath, $modulePaths) -join ';'

        [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PSModulePath', $newModulePath, 'Machine')
        $env:PSModulePath = $newModulePath
    }
}
tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$moduleName = 'dbatools.library'
$sourcePath = Join-Path -Path $env:ProgramFiles -ChildPath "WindowsPowerShell\Modules\$moduleName"

Write-Verbose "Removing all version of '$moduleName' from '$sourcePath'."
Remove-Item -Path $sourcePath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 4) {
    $modulePaths = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('PSModulePath', 'Machine') -split ';'

    Write-Verbose "Removing '$sourcePath' from PSModulePath."
    $newModulePath = $modulePaths | Where-Object { $_ -ne $sourcePath }

    [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PSModulePath', $newModulePath, 'Machine')
    $env:PSModulePath = $newModulePath
}
tools\dbatools.library.zip
md5: 0D9005467D625ADFDF683CEB47CF2833 | sha1: D4404055093597BE027BF0EF1204558969AA2221 | sha256: 8FFFBC49E3A6BF9BFF3E6B9A85224710D296C853A62D863534C70CEA302258B7 | sha512: 0B584363FDB83230B0DE2B35FA50902CF01BDB5BDAA9A64E63776147F2B6D4E8AAEA77C77B07E8BD66DAC7F65156FD8C212F18409CFBB3BF8812C863079993E7
tools\LICENSE.txt
From: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dataplat/dbatools.library/main/LICENSE

LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022 Data Platform Community

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
tools\VERIFICATION.txt
VERIFICATION
Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.

To verify the files using the project source:

1. Please go to the project source location (https://github.com/dataplat/dbatools.library) and download the source files;
2. Build the source to create the binary files to verify;
3. Use Get-FileHash -Path <FILE TO VERIFY> to get the file hash value from both the built file (from step 1 above) and the file from the dbatools.zip within the package and compare them;

Alternatively you can download the module from the PowerShell Gallery ...

    Save-Module -Name dbatools -Path <PATH TO DOWNLOAD TO>

... and compare the files from the package against those in the installed module. Again use Get-FileHash -Path <FILE TO VERIFY> to retrieve those hash values.

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
dbatools.library (PowerShell Module) 2025.8.17 7 Monday, August 18, 2025 Ready
dbatools.library (PowerShell Module) 2024.3.9 1118 Saturday, March 9, 2024 Approved
dbatools.library (PowerShell Module) 2023.9.21 1910 Thursday, November 2, 2023 Approved

This package has no dependencies.

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