Nâng cấp SQL Server Edition Upgrade & Version Upgrade

Edition Upgrade

There are a few variations of SQL editions, and we know that moving from one to another can get a bit confusing.

This guide will help walk you through the steps to take your SQL software to your target edition with ease!

This process will work with editions of the same year. If you need to upgrade your version of SQL, please follow this guide instead.


1) Firstly, we will want to open up the SQL Server Installation Center and click on the ‘Maintenance’ tab. Click on the first option – ‘Edition Upgrade’.

2) After the setup initializes, you will see the license terms page. Accept the license terms after reading through them and click ‘Next’.

3) The setup will then run additional checks. Let this process complete, and you will see the ‘Select Instance’ page next.

4) Select the edition of SQL you are upgrading to and click ‘Next’.

5) You will see another set of checks being run. After this completes, you will see the ‘Ready to upgrade edition’ screen.

6) Change any features that you may or may not need at this step, and once everything looks good to go, click ‘Upgrade’.

7) After the upgrade process has completed, it is safe to close the window and you are all set!

Version Upgrade

Need to upgrade from a previous version of SQL Server? Want to outfit your enterprise with the latest features from trusted releases such 2014-2016 Standard or 2016-2017 Standard?

On this page, our tech experts here at Trusted Tech Team will show you how to successfully implement an SQL version upgrade on your system.

If you need to upgrade your edition of SQL follow this guide instead.

Click Here to see a list of supported version and edition upgrades!


This process will work with versions of SQL starting at 2008.

1) First we will need to open up the Installation Center of the target edition and navigate to the Installation tab. Click on “Upgrade from a previous version of SQL Server”
(in this example, we are upgrading from SQL 2016 > 2017).

2) After the installer runs its intial checks you’ll see the option to install either the evaluation version or enter your product key (your open license installer will automatically input your key here).

3) Read thoroughly through the license terms and accept the terms when you’re ready to proceed.

4) You can opt in for automatic updates on this step. As always, this is recommended.

5) Select the instance that you want to upgrade from the dropdown menu. Click next when you’re ready.

6) Choose additional features to upgrade (these are typically automatically selected for you).

7) Double check the name and instance ID for your server. Click next when you’re ready.

8) We’re now ready to upgrade! Go ahead and double-check everything one more time, and click ‘Upgrade’ (this should take about 5-10 minutes to complete).


9) Congratulations! You have successfully upgraded your SQL version. You may need to restart the Server for the changes to finalize.