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I believe this used to be true on SQL Server 2005– if you changed editions, you’d have to reapply service packs and cumulative updates afterward. Will CHANGING THE EDITION Reset My Service Packs? But if you’re running a failover cluster, be careful– as you can see above, you can’t easily change from Enterprise Evaluation to Standard Edition. Typically the answer here is to use Evaluation Edition. What if I Don’t Know What Edition I Need? While I’ve made you uncomfortable, check out KB 2547273, “You cannot add or remove features to a SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, or SQL Server 2012 failover cluster”. Ouch! Changing the edition of a clustered SQL Server is not a simple thing. You have to scroll waaaaay down on that page to see this: The fine print on upgrading failover clusters (Not in a good way in this case.)Ī lot of the confusion is around SQL Servers installed on failover clusters. (If you have the “Evaluation” Enterprise Edition, you’re probably OK though!) Check the chart for what you want to do to make sure. So if you have SQL Server Enterprise Edition and you want to change to Standard Edition, a simple SKUUPGRADE isn’t going to work for you. But you can’t necessarily go from a more expensive version to a cheaper version. The way I usually remember the rules is that you can typically change from a cheaper version to a more expensive version. What Goes Up Does Not Necessarily Come Down Document everything you need to know about your configuration just in case something goes wrong and you’ve got to reinstall. And always, always, always take your backups and make sure they’re on separate storage before you start. The fact that it’s relatively simple isn’t an excuse to skip testing: always run through this outside of production first so you know exactly what to expect. You can also do this from the command line using the SKUUPGRADE parameter (and back in SQL Server 2005 and prior, that was your only option).Ĭhanging the edition causes some downtime, but it’s a simple procedure. ( No, I’m not showing a screenshot with my key in it!)
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Protip: The Edition Upgrade GUI lets you see and copy the current license key for that instance of SQL Server. “How complicated can this be?” … Famous Last Words You run SQL Server Setup and just follow the steps in the Procedure section here. If you want to make a supported edition change, it takes a little downtime but isn’t all that tricky. Sometimes Edition Upgrades (SKUUPGRADES) are simple The answer is well documented by Microsoft, but it seems to be really hard for folks to find! If you’d like to go straight to the source, everything I’m going to highlight here comes from the MSDN page Supported Version and Edition Upgrades.
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However, the steps to retrieve product keys for older Windows versions may differ.“Enterprise Edition was installed for SQL Server, but it turns out that we only have a license for Standard Edition.
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In addition, to deinstall or reinstall another Windows version you might need a Windows 7 product key or Windows 8 product key.