How To Downgrade The SQL server 2022 Evulation Edition To Standard Edition 2022

Question

Hi

We have installed the SQL Server 2022 in Enterprise evaluation Edition in our production environment and then is the free trial period we bought a SQL Server 2022 standard edition how will we downgrade Enterprise to standard if it is posible Kindly give a solution to this situation.

Regards,

Surya Kannan

Answer 1

Run the SQL Server installer => Maintenance => "Edition Upgrade" and follow the wizard, and enter your product key.

Requieres a little downtime., see

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-to-a-different-edition-of-sql-server-setup?view=sql-server-ver16

Answer 2

Hi @surya kannan,

1. Insert the SQL Server installation media. From the root folder, double-click setup.exe or launch the SQL Server Installation Center from Configuration Tools. To install from a network share, locate the root folder on the share, and then double-click setup.exe.
2. To upgrade an existing instance of SQL Server to a different edition, from the SQL Server Installation Center select Maintenance, and then select Edition Upgrade.
3. If Setup support files are required, SQL Server Setup installs them. If you're instructed to restart your computer, restart before you continue.
4. The System Configuration Checker runs a discovery operation on your computer. To continue, select OK.
5. On the Product Key page, select a radio button to indicate whether you're upgrading to a free edition of SQL Server, or whether you have a PID key for a production version of the product. For more information, see Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2022 and Supported version and edition upgrades (SQL Server 2022).
6. On the License Terms page, read the license agreement, and then select the check box to accept the licensing terms and conditions. To continue, select Next. To end Setup, select Cancel.
7. On the Select Instance page, specify the instance of SQL Server to upgrade.
8. The Edition Upgrade Rules page validates your computer configuration before the edition upgrade operation begins.
9. The Ready to Upgrade Edition page shows a tree view of installation options that were specified during Setup. To continue, select Upgrade.
10. During the edition upgrade process, the services need to be restarted to pick up the new setting. After edition upgrade, the Complete page provides a link to the summary log file for the edition upgrade. To close the wizard, select Close.

See Upgrade to a different edition of SQL Server (Setup).

Regards，

Zoe Hui

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