Now, who'd like to be the first to open the unknown .rar file on this thread http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1828619-2799-1.aspx 🙂 ?

Anything in the dashboard or the error log?

That's what I was getting at with my question. (Also, even if you could do it, I can't think why you would.)

Agreed!

Will you only have two servers in total?

I also don't feel I want a home lab, possibly because I'm lucky enough to be able to try most new stuff out at work.

It's an option when you set up logshipping, on the Restore Transaction Log tab of Secondary Database Settings. It's shown in the 3rd screenshot down here:

http://www.sqlshack.com/sql-server-log-shipping/

Thanks for replying. I did consider that, but when I looked up the codes for English, the files appeared to have the right names already; SRS_8.0.3.0_1033 and SRS_8.0.3.10000_1033 (1033 being...

funbi (10/12/2016)

I really don't like it when people try to talk to me on public transport so in a way those badges are a good thing because if I ever...

There is actually a dedicated forum for Cloud stuff here, on which you might get more replies:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Forum2572-1.aspx

Azure offerings are changing weekly (or it feels like it!), so the best thing...

😀 No! Whoever invented that clearly isn't from around these parts.

I live and work in Central London, so I'm very lucky to have a short commute. Fortunately people in London don't engage others in small talk on public transport. I...

Nice- let us know when it's available, as...

Have you tried just right-clicking on the database, selecting Transaction Log Shipping and removing the tick from "Enable this as a primary database in a log shipping configuration"?

ThomasRushton (9/29/2016)

I was told not to worry if the alarm went off while I was in the 3rd floor server / network room - as the fire suppressant would dump...