![]() ![]() Lets start by running the SQL Server 2019 Express Edition Setup executable. You’ll want to pair this download with the latest update available for SQL Server from here. To begin, download the SQL Server 2019 Express Edition from here. Stage 1: Installing & Patching SQL Server 2019 Express Which if you’re running Windows Server 2012/R2, you’ve got until October 2023 before the OS is out of support anyway, so a modernisation makes sense for both OS & SQL at the same time. The alternate scenario would be that SQL Server 2012 was installed on Windows Server 2012, in which case we’d have to look at either migrating to a SQL Server installation either already in extended support or about to be (2014-2017), or we’d need to look at a new OS & SQL Server 2019 instance, due to the point I mentioned above about SQL Server 2019 not supporting Windows Server 2012/2012 R2. There’s a fair amount of unknown between these whether an installation may have been using unsupported SQL Server 2012 installation, on a Windows Server 2016 OS, in which case an in-place upgrade COULD work, but we also need to remember that theoretically this may not be supported as SQL Server 2012 in any context wouldn’t be supported on WS 2016 in the first place. But if we wind the clocks back to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 GA, this was released in November 2016, one month after Windows Server 2016 became available. With Veeam only starting to utilise SQL Server 2016 Express in VBR 9.5 U4, which was released in the beginning of 2019, odds are good that SQL Server 2012 Express was being installed on Windows Server 2016 and existing in an unsupported state. SQL Server 2019 requires Windows Server 2016 or newer, so an in-place upgrade between 20 doesn’t become possible, because one of the two products would be operating on an unsupported operating system. With SQL Server editions up to and including SQL Server 2017, supporting this operating system. ![]() SQL Server 2012 is only supported on Windows Server OS’ up to Windows Server 2012 R2. But it doesn’t take long to realise that in-place upgrades are likely not going to be possible for a lot of users anyway as they’re probably going to have to perform some level of migration efforts. But it is far more complex than running an installer and a guarantee all will be okay.įor example, Microsoft here have a process flow guidance chart, detailing common scenarios and whether or not in-place upgrade is supported. Maybe I over-simplified this point and created confusion, there are scenarios whereby in-place upgrades are supported for SQL Server by Microsoft. With that out of the way, lets start with installing the new SQL Server edition. We’ll need to install the newer edition of SQL Server, either on a new server, or alongside your existing SQL Server instances, and then migrate the data across. In more words, you can’t perform an ‘in-place upgrade’. How can I upgrade my SQL Server instance? SQL Server 2022 is only in public preview, making it a poor candidate for production platforms at present. This is because SQL Server 2017, whilst still in mainstream support for now, enters extended support in October 2022, mere months away. Unless you are limited by the operating system support for SQL Server 2019, I don’t recommend going for anything older. Which version of SQL Server should I migrate to? I would also like to state that whilst this isn’t the focus of the article, if you’ve got a Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam ONE environment that’s not running v11 yet, you really need to upgrade, as everything prior is at end of fix. This creates a security risk as of the next Microsoft patch cycle, scheduled for the 12th July 2022. So, why am I talking about Veeam? If you’ve got an installation of Veeam that utilised a SQL Server Express database, and you installed Veeam prior to 9.5 Update 4, odds are you’ve got a SQL Server 2012 Express database. Not just to extended/security patch support, but completely out of support. On the 12th July 2022, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 will go End of Life. This book is ideal for experienced SQL Server developers, whether you’re new to Reporting Services or upgrading from an earlier version.It’s that time of the IT lifecycle again, where we talk upgrades and decommissioning. SQL Server expert Stacia Misner shows you in detail how to design, manage, and access custom reports that capture data from multiple sources. Use your SQL Server skills to create and manage key data reportsĭeliver interactive business intelligence reports using SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services, and help facilitate real-time decision making throughout the enterprise. ![]()
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