I'm not sure I'd call contracting outsourcing. That's more like temporary staffing, or augmentation to me.

Outsourcing is more a wholesale service or function. I'd consider Virtual Earth outsourcing if it's...

You can't get overwhelmed with all the new features. You have to pick the things that matter to you to learn. Is it worth investing in SSxS? I have no...

I always figured in sparring if I hit a little harder I'd get the point :). Usually gets awarded when the other guy gives a "whoosh"

Glad you guys never reffed...

Likely you can set up identity ranges for each server and manage that.

I'd look at bi-directional transactional and merge, and then see which one seems to suit your needs. Merge...

You are not really providing much information.

In SSMS, does the database show as online?

What are you trying to accomplish here? Why a filegroup backup, why not a full backup?

You can expire backups, but not sure how that works with files.

I always back up to a new file each day. If the file corrupts and you have multiple backups...

What was the problem that didn't work?

You need backups of your system and user databases.

If you have .bak files, those are usually backups.

Is the system completely dead?

How are you performing the backup. Are you using SSMS or T-SQL? Does the database show as online in SSMS?

I think it's fool proof already. Just try to follow along!

And I doubt this will ever get by on track. We're off the tracks and out of sight of them,...

Just when I thought things couldn't get worse...

If you aren't sure if there is something setting the property on or off, run a trace (use Profiler) to check and see if this is executing.

I've moved this to...

Do you mean selecting File/Print?

If this is happening, does it happen in Word or other applications as well?

I see lots of web type apps being built quickly. Backpack (37 Signals) was built fairly quickly. I have seen corporate apps built in much less than a year, when...

10 print "Hello World"