v16.6.0

[v16.6.0]

Added

• SqlServerDsc
  • Added build tasks to generate Wiki documentation for public commands.
  • Initial integration tests for commands.
• SqlDatabaseMail
  • Added the parameter UseDefaultCredentials to control use of the DatabaseEngine
    service account for SMTP server authentication.
• New public commands
  • Save-SqlDscSqlServerMediaFile - Downloads the content on the provided URL
    and if it is an executable it will use the executable to download the
    ISO image media.

Fixed

• SqlServerDsc
  • Get-SMOModuleCalculatedVersion
    • Return SQLPS version as 12.0 instead of 120
  • Get-SqlDscPreferredModule
    • Fix sort to get the latest version
  • Public commands no handles when both -Force and -Confirm $true
    would be passed to command.
  • Enabled NUnit results for HQRM tests.
• Assert-Feature
  • Fixed unit tests.
• SqlAGReplica
  • Fix unit test FailedRemoveAvailabilityGroupReplica
• SqlAgentOperator
  • Integration test for changing e-mail address on an existing operator.
• DatabasePermission
  • New method ToString() for making verbose output better.
• ServerPermission
  • New method ToString() for making verbose output better.
• SqlAgDatabase
  • Remove unused help file (issue #1745).
• SqlDatabaseObjectPermission
  • Added foreach loop in Get-TargetResource to fix issues with INSERT
    permissions when it's not the only permission on the table ([issue #2006]).
• Install-SqlDscServer
  • No longer throws with duplicate parameter error if the parameter
    ErrorAction is passed to the command.
• Add-SqlDscNode
  • No longer throws with duplicate parameter error if the parameter
    ErrorAction is passed to the command.
• Complete-SqlDscFailoverCluster
  • No longer throws with duplicate parameter error if the parameter
    ErrorAction is passed to the command.
• Complete-SqlDscImage
  • No longer throws with duplicate parameter error if the parameter
    ErrorAction is passed to the command.
• Initialize-SqlDscRebuildDatabase
  • No longer throws with duplicate parameter error if the parameter
    ErrorAction is passed to the command.
• Remove-SqlDscNode
  • No longer throws with duplicate parameter error if the parameter
    ErrorAction is passed to the command.
• Repair-SqlDscServer
  • No longer throws with duplicate parameter error if the parameter
    ErrorAction is passed to the command.
• Uninstall-SqlDscServer
  • No longer throws with duplicate parameter error if the parameter
    ErrorAction is passed to the command.
• Private functions
  • Invoke-SetupAction no longer throws when secure strings is passed on
    Windows PowerShell.

Changed

• SqlServerDsc
  • Updated pipeline files to support pre-releases with ModuleFast (when
    resolving dependencies).
  • Bump PSResourceGet to v1.0.0 (used when resolving dependencies).
  • Update markdown highlights with newly supported keywords.
  • Bump GitHub Action Stale to v9.
  • Bump GitHub Action CodeQL-Action to v3.
  • Documentation is now built using a separate meta task docs.
    It is run with the meta task pack which is run by the pipeline.
    To run the meta task docs the SMO assemblies must be loaded into the
    session, either by importing SqlServer module or loading SMO stubs.
  • QA test improved to speed up quality testing.
  • The pipeline test stages has been split into different stages.
• SqlAG
  • Converted unit test to Pester 5
  • DtcSupportEnabled option in Set-TargetResource and TestTargetResource
• SqlSetup
  • Updated integration tests to use PSResourceGet to download required modules.
• SqlRS
  • Integration tests for SQL Server 2022 has been temporarily disabled due
    to a unknown problem. More information in issue #2009.