If you were using a windows account, you would specify a login credential, there are options to either use credentials from the login accessing the account, or you can specify...

And the account you are using, is it a SQL account or windows account?

Sorry for silly questions, I am just trying to rule out the obvious.

Also, can you connect to...

Is your SQL Authentication configured for mixed mode or Windows only?

Where is the secondary server located and what are the wait stats during query execution?

You will have to query the control-M XML file and extract the information from the elements for server names, job name, and any sql execution or stored procedure being called....

Then 2014 is the latest. 2016 is not officially released yet

You want to migrate a database to Azure?

Why not upload it via the azure portal?

SSMS will allow you to connect to the database in the cloud and administer it. 2014...

I think during a failover, memory is lost, as computing is moved from one computer to another.

These are the rules of ACID properties of a transaction. Unless you are handling...

Maybe you could do something like this and throttle a specific user?

User can be the owner of that specific job?

http://dbazen.net/2014/02/03/using-resource-governor-to-set-maxdop-for-specific-sql-server-jobs/

You might need to clear the queue:

http://fkauffmann.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/sql-server-database-mail-how-to-clear.html

What is the error you are getting?

Looks like you installed an instance called ALPHA with a local system account?

Did you set up the sa password during installation?

Built-in administrators is disabled,...

Have you checked with the network guys if the port for mail is open on that server? I think its port 20?

Are there anti virus rules for unknown file extensions?

If you work through the link I posted earlier, you will see a step that needs to be performed:

Step 6 of Option #1:

6. Make sure "Read all properties" and "Create...

Are you including your filegroup restore as part of your recovery process?

I suspect the fielgroup backup is invalidating previous differentials LSNs that were done.