For the sake of a few MB's of diskspace, is it really worth the risk not backing it up?

Take a look at this, it will provide you with an overview: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc181125.aspx

Rather than using a maintenance plan I would suggest running Ola Hallengren's scripts which are fantastic.

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Has the users password expired? We had a similar thing here.

Talk about the SQLOS 😀

It looks like you're already receiving some good help here

OK, a couple of things:

Have you tried running DBCC commands on the newly upgraded databases?

It's generally a good idea to update statistics and check the integrity of the databases once...

BOL explains all about TDE here

Apress have also released a good book on the subject of encryption: Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption

electrolisation

I like that idea, I'll take the field 😀

We're there.

Big thanks to everyone who has made his site what it is

almost!

We use SQL Server Sentry and a mix of my own toolkit packages and alerts for smaller servers.

Just trial a load and see which fits your expectations and budget the...

Take a look at the new MERGE command in BOL, might make a few things easier for you.

Stefan Krzywicki (10/6/2010)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/6/2010)

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Stefan Krzywicki (10/6/2010)

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Speed, making sure data types match, remembering to drop down to 32 bit, finding the right drivers, trying to get the...