Manifestly: A Checklist App for Teams

Confirm DBMS version against vendor support matrix

Validate sizing against vendor capacity guide

Provision separate volumes for data, logs, and tempdb

Open firewall ports for the listener and replication

Submit the RFC to the change advisory board

Snapshot any existing instance before cutover

Download the installer from the vendor portal

Verify the SHA-256 checksum against the vendor advisory

Run the installer under a dedicated service account

Select edition and features per license entitlement

Apply the latest cumulative update or patch bundle

Configure memory, parallelism, and tempdb settings

Create role-based logins from AD security groups

Schedule full, differential, and log backups

Set retention and immutable copy in the backup target

Document the build sheet in IT Glue or Hudu

Rename or disable the default sa account

Restrict listener access to required subnets

Enable TDE or column-level encryption at rest

Log the encryption exception with the security officer

Forward audit logs to the SIEM

Run a Nessus or Qualys scan on the host

Remediate the critical findings before go-live

Run smoke-test queries against the new instance

Connect from a client application as a test user

Restore the most recent backup to a sandbox

Escalate the restore failure to vendor support

Confirm SIEM is receiving the audit feed

Sign off the database go-live with operations

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