Simplest and supported through EM gui is to create maintenance plan which allows you to specify tan log backup every hour from and to, Then you specify how many days...

What you are trying to do is perfectly acceptable. NT groups can be defined to sql server and then nt login management is at the NT end. To...

Hmm, no response as yet. I agree that getting it right from the app is the way to go, but curiosity as to what hapens under the covers still...

Don't think detach , attach will work for you. This will let you rename the physical file name not the logical. Under SQL 2000 you can use 'alter...

Just a thought but you may find that the growth is because you asked for it. The optimize component of the job may be adding 10% free to the...