• ALZDBA (12/29/2011)


    - setting startup parameters if your service account doesn't have local sysadmin at windows level.

    - Cool.

    ALZDBA (12/29/2011)


    - granting auth at windows level ( e.g. to push backup files to a safe zone )

    - xp_cmdshell

    ALZDBA (12/29/2011)


    - are you using SMO to configure sqlserver things ?

    - No, no need. I use sqlserver (SSMS/T-SQL) to configure sqlserver things