How to perform an in-place upgrade from SQL Express to SQL Server other editions?

by XDK 17. July 2015 09:28

Solution:

1. Open Command prompt with "Run as Administrator" permission

2. Change directory to your SQL server setup/install folder

3. Execute the follwoing command

setup /ACTION=editionupgrade /INSTANCENAME=SQLEXPRESS /PID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

  • INSTANCENAME - Existing SQL EXPRESS instance you want to upgrade
  • PID - Product Key

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