Powershell can schedule it for you! Just script something against the SQL Server Agent to get automated now.

Les plans de maintenance pour SQL Server sont au cœur de nombreux débats, mais les outils proposés par Microsoft permettent tout de même une bonne prise en main.

I'm trying to start/stop MS SQL Service on various DB servers (locally) but we don't always know the name of the instance (Always only 1 SQL Server running on a single server).

SQL Server 2005's Management Studio offers lots of new functionality, but you can't always use a GUI. Sometimes you need to run a script from the command line, especially for an upgrade or install ...