Comments on: Upgrading to SQL Server 2016: Pre-upgrade tasks https://thomaslarock.com/2017/04/upgrading-sql-server-2016-pre-upgrade-tasks/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2017/04/upgrading-sql-server-2016-pre-upgrade-tasks/#comment-84174 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:19:03 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=17797#comment-84174 In reply to Andrew Williams.

For this scenario, I recommend using Visual Studio and the Data Tools extension. The idea is to point VS at your 2019 database and create a build with SQL 2017 as the target. This way you can find any features incompatible and need to be fixed prior to any migration. Once you fix the schema, you can then deploy to the 2017 instance. Then you need to export the data from SQL 2019 and import into SQL2017. HTH

]]> By: Andrew Williams https://thomaslarock.com/2017/04/upgrading-sql-server-2016-pre-upgrade-tasks/#comment-84136 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:24:46 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=17797#comment-84136 hello,

great guide and contribution to the MS SQL community 🙂

I have a scenario which i wish to move a local DB to a cloud provider for the same software, however they use SQL 2017 (dont ask!) on their cloud platform and we have MS SQL 2019, is there some method to either downgrade or export in some manner which can be re-imported back in SQL 2017?

]]> By: KRISHNA https://thomaslarock.com/2017/04/upgrading-sql-server-2016-pre-upgrade-tasks/#comment-60407 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:45:15 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=17797#comment-60407 THANKS FOR USEFUL INFORMATION.

]]> By: wandersick https://thomaslarock.com/2017/04/upgrading-sql-server-2016-pre-upgrade-tasks/#comment-43566 Wed, 05 Dec 2018 07:57:47 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=17797#comment-43566 Regarding this line – “If you are running SQL Server 2005 or earlier, you need to upgrade to an intermediate version before upgrading to SQL Server 2016” – there are (limited) options for migration from 2005 to 2016 though:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/supported-version-and-edition-upgrades?view=sql-server-2016#SupportFor2005

Thanks for the great posts.

]]> By: udhayan https://thomaslarock.com/2017/04/upgrading-sql-server-2016-pre-upgrade-tasks/#comment-16292 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:16:36 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=17797#comment-16292 A blog worth reading

]]> By: Data Migration Assistant Error During Assessment of SQL Server 2017 - Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2017/04/upgrading-sql-server-2016-pre-upgrade-tasks/#comment-16224 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 18:08:36 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=17797#comment-16224 […] the DMA is a valuable tool for migration projects. I’ve written before about upgrades and the use of DMA as part of your pre-upgrade checklist. I’m a big fan of the tool, if you can’t […]

]]> By: Upgrading to SQL Server 2016: Upgrade tasks - Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2017/04/upgrading-sql-server-2016-pre-upgrade-tasks/#comment-15934 Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:50:10 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=17797#comment-15934 […] the last post, I mentioned that when upgrading to SQL Server 2016 you have two options: in-place or side-by-side. […]

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