Which scripting language to choose for simple utilities?

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Good day.
I would like to consult with the collective mind on the following issue. On one project, I often have a need to write small (relatively) console programs that revolve around a database in MS Sql Server. The logic there is simple: get data from outside (FTP, SOAP, REST, etc.), somehow convert and upload it to the database, or vice versa: get it and send it outside.
Now all this is written in .NET, which, in my opinion, is unnecessarily cumbersome. There was an idea to switch to some kind of scripting language in order to simplify the process of development and making changes "on the spot" (sometimes necessary). You need something that works confidently with Sql Server, and is as easy to deploy as possible (as few gestures as possible to prepare the runtime environment).
Initially looked towards Python, but there you will need to fiddle with virtualenv , which is not very cool under Windows: you have to tinker, the customer does not like this. Another candidate is NodeJS : there, all pre-launch preparation is reduced to npm install . I even considered Powershell , but it is not very convenient for programming in its pure form.
Perhaps humanity has come up with something else interesting by now?
Thanks in advance.

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Now all this is written in .NET, which, in my opinion, is unnecessarily cumbersome.

you would decide, it seems to you, or it delivers some kind of problem.
If you switch to something, I would continue to look towards the python.
For short scripts - the most it.