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title Upgrade SQL Server
description This article provides links to resources that contain upgrade information for instances of different versions of SQL Server.
author rwestMSFT
ms.author randolphwest
ms.date 11/18/2025
ms.service sql
ms.subservice install
ms.topic quickstart
ms.custom
intro-quickstart
ignite-2025
helpviewer_keywords
upgrading SQL Server
monikerRange >=sql-server-2016

Upgrade SQL Server

[!INCLUDE SQL Server -Windows Only]

You can upgrade instances of [!INCLUDE ssSQL11], [!INCLUDE ssSQL14], [!INCLUDE ss2016], [!INCLUDE sssql17], or [!INCLUDE sssql19] directly to [!INCLUDE sssql22-md]. For [!INCLUDE sql2008-md] and [!INCLUDE sql2008r2], you need to either do a side-by-side upgrade, or a migration, to move to [!INCLUDE sssql22-md] as there's no common overlap between a supported mainstream operating system. Before running setup to upgrade, review the following articles about the upgrade process and the release notes.

Check out what's new in each version of the product:

Support for [!INCLUDE sssql14-md] ended on July 9, 2024. For new end of support options, see End of Support for Windows Server and SQL Server.

If you're upgrading from an end-of-support version of SQL Server, see the end of support options.

Upgrade documentation

[!INCLUDE upgrade-warning]

[!INCLUDE editions-supported-features-windows]

The following articles help you upgrade components of SQL Server:

1 DQS, MDS, and Reporting Services upgrades aren't supported on [!INCLUDE sssql25-md].

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