Is the syntax of the command to reinstall master correct? I ask because you listed

"start /wait D:\setup.exe /qn INSTANCENAME=mssqm$ICT REINSTALL=SQL_Engine REBUILDDATABASE=1 SAPWD=StrongPassword"

supplying an instance name of mssqm$ICT yet your error...

If the service account that SSIS uses on the machine does not have a login on the named instance or NTFS file permissions to the data/log files of the named...

What value are you supplying for @job_login? Is it a valid/active account on the machine/domain the systems are a part of?

Yeah, then either log shipping or transactional replication. You can setup transactional replication not to have immediate updates to reduce some of the load on the box. If you have...

Sorry. Steve is absolutely correct. I was making an assumption about the full backup restore being done. The logs have to be restored in order, so it will be full,...

Also, if it is cross domains you may hit permissions problems even if the everyone group is added if domain trusts are not setup correctly. I would ensure with your...

You are going to have to get with your storage administrator to work and understand this, as each SAN vendor can implement snapshots in different ways. For example we use...

You can also try a roundabout way. If the purpose is to not use ADO/SMO yet use the power of powershell you could try something like using sqlcmd inside of...

Restore from transaction log backups. They should contain all the transactional changes since the last full backup.

Once you install MSDE, there is no upgrading it to another version like Standard, Enterprise, etc. You can install Enterprise as another instance of SQL on the same machine, but...

Are any of the queries these users will run going to be expected to modify the data in anyway?

If you are moving machines make sure to also plan out carefully where the database files will be. Separation between the OS, data and log files as well as tempdb...

Well I would definitely say that your indexes should be rebuilt if any of them have large fragmentation. Does the server have any maintenance periods, non-business hours or known periods...

How many VMs are running along with the SQL VM on the same physical box, and what kind of servers are they?

That's not your only option left. Have you...