Initiates a connection with a SQL Clone Server.

Syntax

Connect-SqlClone [-ServerUrl] <string> [[-Credential] <pscredential>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Connect-SqlClone cmdlet attempts to initate a connection with a SQL Clone Server. If no credential is specified then the current user's credentials will be used.

Should be called before any other SQL Clone cmdlets.

This cmdlet will return an error if the version of the module being used is out of date.

Parameters

-ServerUrl <System.String>

The address of the SQL Clone Server to connect to.

-Credential <System.Management.Automation.PSCredential>

The credential used to connect to the SQL Clone Server. If no credential is specified then the current user's credentials will be used.

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh847884.aspx.

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

• System.String

  The address of the SQL Clone Server to connect to.

• System.Management.Automation.PSCredential

  The credential used to connect to the SQL Clone Server. If no credential is specified then the current user's credentials will be used.

Return values

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

• None

Examples

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

Connect-SqlClone -Server 'http://sql-clone.example.com:14145'

This command attempts to intiate a connection to the SQL Clone Server hosted at http://sql-clone.example.com

Since no credential is specified the current user's credentials will be used.

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

$Credential = Get-Credential
Connect-SqlClone -Server 'http://sql-clone.example.com:14145' -Credential $Credential

This example shows a dialog to enter credentials and then uses them to initiate a connection to the SQL Clone Server at http://sql-clone.example.com