I tested this a long time ago, and can't be sure of the results, but a few things I know.

1. There is a performance hit. I don't believe it's that...

Or just use GetDate to get the server datetime and adjust other dates in the client app by calculating the offset from the client.

me too.

Unless they have the admi rights, this will produce an error. Unfortuneately EM is an admin tool, not a developer tool. I'd take this away from the developesr. QA has...

I'm not a big fan of multiple file groups from an admin perspective (restores, etc), but they can offer a performance benefit IF YOU NEED one. Separate threads will open...

You always have Windows auth, you can add SQL auth (with mixed mode).

Do you really care? They are grouped together and don't affect the system.

The above explanation is pretty good. If you have concerns or performance issues, then you might try allocating a static amount of RAM to SQL Server, like 1GB or so...

SQL Server Setup does have the ability (apparently) to deploy to remote computers. I've never used it, however.

Terminal Services is always on W2K, W2K3.

There is some software that doesn't install...

We'll add it to the list. Not a big change, but we have to decide if we want to and get it going.

I don't have anything to back this up, but I'd say that it's a wash. The comparison will be 1 v 1 (or 00000001 v 00000001) or it will be...

Thanks for the note. We had some email problems with our outsourcer.

I think that you can create a new backup device (disk), then put your backup file in that location, same name, etc. and perform the restore.

Thanks for the links!

That's the bset link I know of. AFAIK, MS has not published this.