• Make sure SQL Agent is stopped

    Make sure any application that could connect is prevented from doing so

    Make sure no one else is trying to connect

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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