
- #AZURE VM SUPPORTED SQL SERVER VERSIONS HOW TO#
- #AZURE VM SUPPORTED SQL SERVER VERSIONS UPGRADE#
- #AZURE VM SUPPORTED SQL SERVER VERSIONS SOFTWARE#
For a step-by-step procedure to upgrade, see the complete procedure.
#AZURE VM SUPPORTED SQL SERVER VERSIONS UPGRADE#
A Complete page will confirm that your upgrade is completed. The setup window might stop responding for several minutes while the change is taking effect. Select Next until you reach the Ready to upgrade page, and then select Upgrade. For more information, see Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2019 (15.x) and Supported version and edition Upgrades (SQL Server 2016). On the Product Key page, select an option to indicate whether you are upgrading to a free edition of SQL Server or you have a PID key for a production version of the product. To upgrade an existing instance of SQL Server, select Installation on the navigation pane, and then select Upgrade from an earlier version of SQL Server. The Installation Wizard starts the SQL Server Installation Center. Start Setup.exe from the SQL Server installation media. You can also create an application-consistent VM-level backup by using Azure Backup Services. To upgrade the version of SQL Server, obtain the SQL Server setup media for the later version that would support the upgrade path of SQL Server, and do the following steps:īack up the databases, including system (except tempdb) and user databases, before you start the process.

Upgrading the version of SQL Server will restart the service for SQL Server in addition to any associated services, such as Analysis Services and R Services.
#AZURE VM SUPPORTED SQL SERVER VERSIONS SOFTWARE#
Customers who don't have Software Assurance can deploy an Azure Marketplace SQL Server VM image with the desired version of SQL Server and then copy the setup media (typically located in C:\SQLServerFull) from it to their target SQL Server VM. Customers who have Software Assurance can obtain their installation media from the Volume Licensing Center. To do an in-place upgrade of SQL Server, you need the following:

Change the Database Compatibility Level and use the Query Store.Upgrading Databases by using the Query Tuning Assistant.Database Experimentation Assistant for AB testing.Video: Modernizing SQL Server | Pam Lahoud & Pedro Lopes | 20 Years of PASS.You can review to the following articles to help ensure a successful outcome: We recommend that you check the compatibility certification for the version that you are going to change to so that you can use the database compatibility modes to minimize the effect of the upgrade.

Planning for a version upgradeĬonsider the following prerequisites before upgrading your version of SQL Server:ĭecide what version of SQL Server you want to upgrade to:
#AZURE VM SUPPORTED SQL SERVER VERSIONS HOW TO#
This article describes how to change the version of Microsoft SQL Server on a Windows virtual machine (VM) in Microsoft Azure.
