Upgrade How-to Topics

The topics in this section describe how to upgrade a SQL Server stand-alone instance.

Topic

Description

Upgrade to SQL Server 2012 Using the Installation Wizard (Setup)

The procedural topic to upgrade a stand-alone instance of SQL Server to SQL Server 2012.

The procedural topic to upgrade an instance of a SQL Server failover cluster to SQL Server 2012.

Provides sample syntax for installing SQL Server 2012 at a command prompt.

See Also

Tasks

Minimize Downtime for Mirrored Databases When Upgrading Server Instances

Reference

Supported Version and Edition Upgrades

Concepts

Backward Compatibility