function Get-MasterConnectionString {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Returns the Master Database Connection String
.DESCRIPTION
    Reads the value from the appSetting named "AlkamiMaster" from the machine.config ConnectionStrings block
#>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSPossibleIncorrectComparisonWithNull", "", Justification="Array Consolidation is Acceptable")]
    param()

    $machineConfig = Read-MachineConfig
    $masterConnectionString = $machineConfig.Configuration.ConnectionStrings.ChildNodes | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "AlkamiMaster"} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty connectionString

    return ($masterConnectionString, $global:masterConnectionString -ne $null)[0];
}