Statistics DO count toward the limit of indexes allowed on a table. The Query Optimizer will utilize the distribution information from both index statistics blob and the non-index statistics...

One more tidbit I remembered. Keep your profile name short. There is a known bug regarding long profile names. I believe it rears it's ugly head when...

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Are you wanting to rebuild the indexes on the system tables due to corruption or are you trying to defrag the indexes?

I routinely use DBCC INDEXDEFRAG on every table in...

There are no issues with backing up/restoring databases between the different editions of SQL Server that I have experienced. We routinely perform exactly that between Developer Edition, Standard Edition...

To clarify DavidB's answer:

Both the SQL Server service and SQL Agent service must be running under a named account (not LocalSystem). It may be the same account for both...

Whether you need a CAL or not depends on the licensing mode of your SQL Servers. If you use per-processor licensing, CALs are not used.