J. Greg's Brain Corral

Hey look… Microsoft IT has released some cool tools for SharePoint management:
http://governance.codeplex.com/

Possibly of most use would be:
http://www.codeplex.com/governance/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=14351
A utility to automatically backup sites upon deletion actions.

And:
http://www.codeplex.com/governance/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=4622
Site Lifecycle Management – a potential replacement for the hated “Site Expiration” process we have in place at present.