SQL Server 2017 (14.x) supports upgrade from the following versions of SQL Server: Upgrades from Earlier Versions to SQL Server 2017 (14.x) For more information, see Add Features to an Instance of SQL Server (Setup).įailover Clusters are not supported in WOW mode. After you upgrade an instance of SQL Server to SQL Server 2017 (14.x), you can add features by using the SQL Server 2017 (14.x) Setup. You cannot add new features during the upgrade of your existing instance of SQL Server. You must re-create any logins and other user objects in master, msdb, and model system databases. However, you can back up or detach databases from a 32-bit instance of SQL Server, and then restore or attach them to a new instance of SQL Server (64-bit) if the databases are not published in replication. You cannot upgrade a 32-bit instance of SQL Server to native 64-bit using SQL Server Setup. SQL Server 2017 (14.x) is only available for 64-bit platforms. Version numbers of the Database Engine components must be the same in an instance of SQL Server 2017 (14.x).

Upgrade will be blocked if the Windows Installer service is not running.Ĭross-version instances of SQL Server 2017 (14.x) are not supported. Upgrade will be blocked if there is a pending restart. For more information, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server. To upgrade to SQL Server 2017 (14.x), you must be running a supported operating system. Pre upgrade Checklistīefore upgrading from one edition of SQL Server 2017 (14.x) to another, verify that the functionality you are currently using is supported in the edition to which you are moving.īefore upgrading SQL Server, enable Windows Authentication for SQL Server Agent and verify the default configuration: that the SQL Server Agent service account is a member of the SQL Server sysadmin group. This article lists the supported upgrade paths from these SQL Server versions, and the supported edition upgrades for SQL Server 2017 (14.x).

Applies to: SQL Server (all supported versions) - Windows only

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