http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsazure/sqlazure/cc500985

what permission level do you have???

just confirm the actual data files exsist and attach them back.

i use Idera. its pretty good. shows all the information i want at real time.

havent had an issue with it in terms of performance etc. i recently upgraded to their...

I still enjoy the Occasional bowl of coco pops..... something i should cut out!

Eve is pretty good, i found WOW far too addicting!

I used to get this message because of a space issue to where i was writing too.

i agree. i would just have a sql task in ssis that does the yearly date check.

if you mean from another server i would just backup and restore to your newly installed sql server.

this explained it well

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/transactsql/thread/59da1ca3-d01b-4247-8536-8830149391c4/

i'd ask for an install document. no doubt you will need to setup logins, agent jobs, deploy scripts etc...... ?

wow, how complex must your query be to get that message? thats a new message to me.

you mean deploy to production?

I wonder if your package is running on the same sql box as your destination and that they are both battling it out for memory resource?

just to clarify, you checked conf. manager > sql server services and there are no service types there?!