I've tended to document my own stuff. Actually I usually put up a small db on each instance and then schedule jobs to let the server run it's own documentation...

I'd argue that domain admin isn't needed and if there is a hole in your permissions, it's not worth allowing a contractor or malicious (or unlucky) employee, the capabilies to...

Manual clock synchronization isn't probably working.

Rex thanks and if anyone has questions, feel free to post them here.

Some people have asked me a few questions, so I'll provide a couple updates here.

First, I've asked Rex for a more recent update on Katie, so as soon as he...

AFAIK, there's just one Phil Factor. I'll have to check and see

From what I've heard during 2 years of use from lots of people, this is the most stable release. That might be different in your environment, but the general impression...

The three year comment was made as a look forward, guessing that SQL Server 2008 would be released sometime late next summer. At that point it would be 30+ months...

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I met Phil Factor, though by his real name.

And I found out another DBA has a tractor as well!! Something to think about

I think the complainers were those looking for new features, like .NET or SSIS, and it was a long time to wait.

Personally I liked the 5 year time frame and...

Bryant, good luck on the move.

I still think it's worth waiting to move (though not to test). The RTM was announced yesterday and I see 2008 as a SS2K5 R2,...

Great arguments, especially the DTS one (which I wasn't aware of), and I appreciate the feedback. It's definitely an individual decision and your support and arguments are good for everyone...

I don't have any great "concrete" reasons and even if I did, they would apply to me, not to your individual systems. It's just that as a general rule, I...

Frank,

Great points and to a large extent I agree. It seems to me that MS is really built to force half the installations to upgrade to every other release, so...