The service did not start due to logon failure.

Error: Getting the following error when trying to set a network account to run SQL Server service. The service did not start due to logon failure. Fix: Make sure the network account has “logon as a service” permission. Enable service log on permission for Run As accounts Go to Administrative Tools and select Local Security... » read more

SSRS Error: Failure sending mail: The specified string is not in the form required for an e-mail address.Mail will not be resent.

SSRS Error: Getting the following error when trying to setup SSRS subscription… Failure sending mail: The specified string is not in the form required for an e-mail address. Mail will not be resent. Issue: If you are using an SMTP server or forwarder that uses e-mail accounts that are different from the domain user account,... » read more

Install StackOverflow Database Locally

https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2015/10/how-to-download-the-stack-overflow-database-via-bittorrent/ After you download it, extract the .7Zip files with 7Zip. (I use that for max compression to keep the downloads a little smaller.) The extract will have the database MDF, NDFs (additional data files), LDF, and a Readme.txt file. Don’t extract the files directly into your SQL Server’s database directories – instead, extract them somewhere... » read more

Unable to Drop/Delete Database from Server

Use the following to drop the database… If the above failed, do this… Stop the SQL Services. Kill the sqlserver.exe process on service if the services fail to stop. Manually delete the physical database files from the drives. Restart the SQL Services, then drop the database.

Google IAP Desktop

Install the IAP Desktop application using the following link: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/iap-desktop/releases/latest/download/IapDesktop.msi. https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/zero-trust-remote-access-for-windows-vms It’s more important than ever for IT administrators to be able to securely access resources from wherever they are. Exposing VM instances to the public internet can be risky, potentially giving bad actors a direct access path to your network. But solutions such as... » read more