SQL Server Windows Server 2008 R2 – Tools Command Line

Microsoft makes provisions of the tools to perform operations at the command line. The most famous are Robocopy.exe (copy / sync files and folders), Calcs.exe (management of permissions on files and folders), Dnscmd.exe (add / remove DNS records), etc. .. Unlike previous versions, if you need to use these tools on Windows Server 2008 R2 it is not enough to copy the .exe files in your folders: just refer to their aliases, not to the full path. For example, to use the robocopy need to type in shell “robocopy” (with its parameters of course) and not the full path C: Windows System32 robocopy.exe. The only negative, is the need to have access to system files (the problem can arise when you have to give the availability of non-administrator account to use the machine).