Wow, as usual, thanks Jeff for the comprehensive breakdown!

-- webrunner

4 for me. I have barely traveled in my life! Wow.

-- webrunner

Thanks ratbak,

The report is not hidden, but I never knew about that setting, so thanks for teaching me about it!

I'll keep digging. I may have to do a screen share...

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Lol!

Dang, Steve got me, too. I clicked into the comments only to remember it's April 1. Very convincing writing, Steve! Lol.

-- webrunner

Thanks everyone!

I discovered something so weird I had not even guessed it. At some point the public role of this database was assigned permissions. 🙁 As Ed B surmised, so...

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PS Actually, I have one more question.

I am still in this situation where I can't open SQL Server Configuration Manager. The resolution appears to be to restart the Windows Management...

Thanks so much, Eddie. This is the information I needed.

-- webrunner

Intriguing scenario. However, as I understand it, a Nobel Prize can be awarded only to a living person. It can't be awarded posthumously. By extrapolation, I assume it cannot therefore...

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Many thanks, Michael. You've provided the info I needed.

-- webrunner

Thanks, Ant-Green! Much appreciated.

-- webrunner

Thanks, Ant-Green! That is the info I needed.

-- webrunner

Great idea, thanks for this. For some reason I'd always thought of SSRS as client only, but it obviously can be really useful for DBA reports.

I would add backup-related reports.

Failed...

Thank you, Sergiy, I will look into finding the expensive query that is eating up space in tempdb.

-- webrunner

My two cents depending on the kind of organization. I don't mean "mature" or "less mature" in any judgmental way; I just mean the level of automation that the organization...