Upgrade to SQL Server 2014

You can upgrade instances of, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, or SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2014. Before running SQL Server Setup to upgrade to SQL Server 2014, check out the SQL Server 2014 Upgrade Technical Guide (PDF download), review the topics about the upgrade process in this section, and read the SQL Server 2014 Release Notes.

In This Section

This section contains the following topics:

• Supported Version and Edition Upgrades

• Use Upgrade Advisor to Prepare for Upgrades

• Use the Distributed Replay Utility to Prepare for Upgrades

• Upgrade Analysis Services

• Upgrade Database Engine

• Upgrade Data Quality Services

• Upgrade Integration Services

• Upgrade Master Data Services

• Upgrade PowerPivot for SharePoint

• Upgrade Replicated Databases

• Upgrade and Migrate Reporting Services

• Upgrade SQL Server Management Tools

• Upgrade How-to Topics

See Also

Upgrade Database Engine
Upgrade Analysis Services
Upgrade and Migrate Reporting Services
Upgrade Integration Services
Upgrade Replicated Databases
Upgrade Master Data Services
SQL Server 2012 Best Practices Analyzer
SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practices Analyzer
Backward Compatibility