Kristen, you might try this: http://blogs.lobsterpot.com.au/2021/02/09/adapting-the-tools-of-my-trade/

It's on my list to get working.

Glad you liked the reasonable part, and I slowly see people having better setups for working, and at the same time, I see more people that have desks using their...

Ugh, that's a crazy schedule. This is something we're likely to still live with for 6+ months, so having reasonable hours is important.

Glad you liked them. They're helping me brush up skills and learn new ones.

+1 to Eddie's note.

I believe the direct in-situ upgrade has been restricted, but bu/restore has not been

I believe you could use PowerShell to do this. Connect with the Az PowerShell module (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/new-azureps-module-az?view=azps-5.5.0) and use that to read the file names and locations. You can then...

Please do. I don't have an easy way to test this, but I am curious. I thought the msc just would have calls in it, so depending on the code...

I would think that the 2019 config mgr plugin would connect to the 2017 instance. While you could move over the msc, I have no idea if there are underlying...

That's a great point. I hadn't thought about the variation between two people doing a process, but certainly there could be more or less steps, or more or less detail,...

https://clusteringformeremortals.com/2018/10/29/step-by-step-how-to-trigger-an-email-alert-when-a-windows-service-starts-or-stops-on-windows-server-2016/

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25323102/email-alerts-for-windows-services

https://davegugg.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/sending-alerts-when-reporting-services-job-fail/

I think anything is up for discussion. TUellner, how would you see this organized? If you need a sample schedule, here's one: https://sqlsathistory.com/SQLSat0962.html

If a Windows Service stops, you can configure actions in the "Recovery" tab for that service. One option is run a program. You would need to run a program that...

That code runs fine on my 2017 and 2019 instances.

I am biased, and I agree with Randolph.

The argument on my part is that the branding is powerful. Lots of people know the same and website, so that has a...

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