Hi, Lately our system suffered from “strange” DB connectivity issues: connection to DB failed, DB mails failed, etc. We received two exceptions: A netword-related or instance specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL [...]
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SQL Server Express – Where is the scheduler?
There isn’t one, Apparently. SQL Server Express edition does not come with the “SQL Agent” component which among other things is responsible for job scheduling. In order to still be able to schedule jobs, several options are available: Stone age technique – Create batch files to run sql scripts using the command line utility “SQLCMD“. Schedule [...]

