Upgrade to SQL Server 2012

You can upgrade instances of, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, or SQL Server 2008 R2 to SQL Server 2012. Before running SQL Server Setup to upgrade to SQL Server 2012, review the following topics about the upgrade process.

In This Section

Topic	Description
Supported Version and Edition Upgrades	Documents supported upgrade paths to SQL Server 2012.
Use Upgrade Advisor to Prepare for Upgrades	Describes Upgrade Advisor, a tool that analyzes instances of SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008 R2 to identify known upgrade issues.
Use the Distributed Replay Utility to Prepare for Upgrades	Introduces the Distributed Replay Utility and describes how you can use it to prepare for an upgrade of SQL Server.
Upgrade How-to Topics	Provides links to procedural topics for upgrading to SQL Server 2012.

See Also

Concepts

Upgrade Database Engine

Upgrade Analysis Services

Upgrade and Migrate Reporting Services

Upgrade Integration Services

Upgrade Replicated Databases

Upgrade Master Data Services

Backward Compatibility

Other Resources

SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer

SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practices Analyzer