Extreme wait-time when taking a SQL Server database offline

Question

I\'m trying to perform some offline maintenance (dev database restore from live backup) on my dev database, but the \'Take Offline\' command via SQL Server Management Studio is

Answer 1

For me, I just had to go into the Job Activity Monitor and stop two things that were processing. Then it went offline immediately. In my case though I knew what those 2 processes were and that it was ok to stop them.