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New-DbaAgentProxy

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NAME New-DbaAgentProxy



SYNOPSIS

Adds one or more proxies to SQL Server Agent





SYNTAX

New-DbaAgentProxy [-SqlInstance] <Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]> [[-SqlCredential]

<Pscredential>] [-Name] <System.String[]> [-ProxyCredential] <System.String[]> [[-SubSystem] <System.String[]>]

[[-Description] <String>] [[-Login] <System.String[]>] [[-ServerRole] <System.String[]>] [[-MsdbRole]

<System.String[]>] [-Disabled <Switch>] [-Force <Switch>] [-EnableException <Switch>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Adds one or more proxies to SQL Server Agent





PARAMETERS

-Description [<String>]

A description of the proxy



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Disabled [<Switch>]

Create the proxy as disabled



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-EnableException [<Switch>]

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.

This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables

advanced scripting.

Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own

try/catch.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Force [<Switch>]

Drop and recreate the proxy if it already exists



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Login [<System.String[]>]

The SQL Server login or logins (known as proxy principals) to assign to the proxy



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-MsdbRole [<System.String[]>]

The msdb role or roles (known as proxy principals) to assign to the proxy



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Name [<System.String[]>]

The name of the proxy or proxies you want to create



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ProxyCredential [<System.String[]>]

The associated SQL Server Credential. The credential must be created prior to creating the Proxy.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ServerRole [<System.String[]>]

The SQL Server role or roles (known as proxy principals) to assign to the proxy



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-SqlCredential [<Pscredential>]

Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).



Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory -

Integrated are all supported.



For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-SqlInstance [<Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]>]

The target SQL Server instance or instances.You must have sysadmin access and server version must be SQL

Server version 2000 or higher.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-SubSystem [<System.String[]>]

The associated subsystem or subsystems. Defaults to CmdExec.



Valid options include:

ActiveScripting

AnalysisCommand

AnalysisQuery

CmdExec

Distribution

LogReader

Merge

PowerShell

QueueReader

Snapshot

Ssis

TransactSql



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



NOTES





Tags: Agent, Proxy

Author: Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net



Website: https://dbatools.io

Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT

License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>New-DbaAgentProxy -SqlInstance sql2016 -Name STIG -ProxyCredential 'PowerShell Proxy'



Creates an Agent Proxy on sql2016 with the name STIG with the 'PowerShell Proxy' credential.

The proxy is automatically added to the CmdExec subsystem.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



PS C:\\>New-DbaAgentProxy -SqlInstance localhost\\sql2016 -Name STIG -ProxyCredential 'PowerShell Proxy'

-Description "Used for auditing purposes" -Login ad\\sqlstig -SubSystem CmdExec, PowerShell -ServerRole

securtyadmin -MsdbRole ServerGroupAdministratorRole



Creates an Agent Proxy on sql2016 with the name STIG with the 'PowerShell Proxy' credential and the following

principals:



Login: ad\\sqlstig

ServerRole: securtyadmin

MsdbRole: ServerGroupAdministratorRole



By default, only sysadmins have access to create job steps with proxies. This will allow 3 additional principals

access:

The proxy is then added to the CmdExec and PowerShell subsystems



RELATED LINKS

https://dbatools.io/New-DbaAgentProxy