Creating copy of existing SQL Server for development or testing purpose

Installation :

Install .NET frame work 3.5

Install SQL Server 2012

Applied latest Service pack 2(Restart)

Copy-Restore the databases from  server X to Server Y 

Changed  all databases compatibility to 110

DB mail:

Configure Database Mail, SQL Operator, Configure Mail profiles to SQL Agent , Restart SQL Agent

Logins/Users:

Create necessary logins,users and check if any orphan users 

sa with strong password 

Jobs:

Created Backup Jobs to run Daily 11am(purge backups older than 2 days)

Rebuild indexes   

Update Statistics 

Created Space alert Job 

Linked Servers:

create if needed any