I did not need to create any user on sql server. Maybe try adding the reporting server to the list of trusted sites in the browser? What kind...

Can you add a domain user to the site settings? All I have to do is log in as a builtin administrator and grant access to the user by...

Are there licensing Implications for a new instance (Database licensing, monitoring software)

Can Instance/Database reside on existing Instance/Database that is supporting the same/similar business function or application? and Will combining the...

Do you mean you created a user on SQL server or on the local server? What do you mean by you created user on browser? Did you disable...

I have restored the master in this way to another server. How would I go about looking for differences? Do you have any suggested queries that could help...

Beyond restoring the master database, what ways are possible to restore the master from a backup and compare or apply the difference in permissions. We have located the accounts...

They were SQL login account permissions and were ad accounts and they were not documented. I agree that it seems like overkill but the SharePoint admin feels that we...

I digress on this one, I was using it as a benchmark for splitting out the tempdb. I also read the recommendation to be below 20, however I have...

Could it be AVG write stall like I use in the below query? With 2 out of 16 of my instances I get high write stall in the 1500...

How did you handle this? I had no experience and therefore no input, but I was watching the thread so I could learn what needed to be done.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190307.aspx

Section B at the bottom will get you started if you want to create a job and schedule it.

The best thing to do is set up...

To me it reads your option 1 would be only way to do an upgrade. Upgrade SQL05 from SP2 to SP4, then run the upgrade to 2012.

In the job that runs, edit the step and go to the advanced tab and set "On Failure Action:" to "Quit the job reporting success"

The parenthesis around the "or" is what did it. I talked to a senior guy here and you both simultaneously came up with the same answer. Thanks for...

I am not sure about this, but I think you can go in like you are restoring the backup. At the backup sets to restore it give a username,...