A year from now, Microsoft will stop supporting SQL Server 2005 entirely, ... (In such cases, a side-by-side upgrade would have to do.) For those eying a move to Microsoft’s cloud, ...

Side-by-side. A side-by-side upgrade involves installing SQL Server 2014 as a secondary instance on the same hardware and platform as SQL Server 2005. In this scenario, you can keep your old system ...

With a side-by-side upgrade, the two SQL Server instances can coexist on the same server, but the data have to be manually transferred. In-place upgrades, though, don't work when moving from a 32-bit ...

Step-by-Step Guide: Side-by-Side Migration of a 75TB SQL Server 2016 Database to SQL Server 2025 Using Always On Availability Groups Part III If a major change is required, such as hardware ...

With a side-by-side upgrade, the two SQL Server instances can coexist on the same server, but the data have to be manually transferred. In-place upgrades, though, ...

You'll get a clearer picture of the planning required and the projected benefits to help justify upgrading your current instance to SQL Server 2012 and beyond. All attendees will receive a checklist, ...

Technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server, tools such as SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) etc. - MicrosoftDocs/sql-docs ...