Sure Steve, let me get right on that one 😉

There are a couple of ways you could look at this... Really the best answer is It Depends and you'll probably have to experiment to find the best solution...

I think the question is fine. 50 is the max. for Ent Ed. No question in that. Just whatever Google search I used to answer the question...

Interesting... 2 MS docs from the same version of BOL that state different things...

Steve's reference for the question...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645993.aspx

Another with a differing opinion. Doesn't change the answer to this question,...

Nice.

Count me...

As Matt very astutely corrected me, backup locally or on a LUN Attached to your SAN or however you can get the best Disk IO for your actual backup process,...

If you're looking for it in the SSMS you'll need to expand master|Programmability|Extended Stored Procedures|system Extended Stored Procedures.

-Luke.

That's the way I would recommend to do it. Back it up somewhere where you have quick access to it in case you need to do a quick restore...

Sounds like perhaps your VSS database has been corrupted. Do you have admin rights to your VSS database? Can you log into it with the VSS Admin tool...

First thing I did when getting to my current position is plunk down a a few books which has grown significantly in number. Like most of you I've worked...

As far as IM is concerned, think about it this way, If you have to ask a colleague a question and don't want to interrupt them, why wouldn't you email...

Yes when a report is displayed in a web page unless you used an explicit page break it will use a rather longish page length. When you are developing...

Do any of the drop downs depend on one another like a drop down for division that feeds a list of employees?

Make certain that they are in the correct order....

I typically Use the Active threads or Recent Posts lists when I'm looking for questions to answer.

If I have a question to post, I attempt to scroll through the forums...

Also, I'd think about trying to use DNS instead of the IP address if possible for future ease of administration.

-Luke.