Upgrading SQL Server 2008 from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition

Question

Is there a white paper or procedures on upgrading from a standard edition to enterprise edition of SQL Server 2008?    I need to upgrade our development and staging environments from standard to edition to match our future production environment that will use enterprise edition.  We are using Windows 2008 running on VM.

Answer 1

Hi,

take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393.aspx. As far as I can see an upgrade from SQL Server 2008 Standard to SQL Server 2008 Enterprise shouldn't be a problem as long as the server isn't clustered.

Cheers,
Ulrike - MSFT

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Answer 2

Hi,

The following step-by-step guide provides instruction for upgrading to a different edition of SQL Server 2008:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc707783.aspx

If you have any more questions, please let me know.

Thanks.

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***Xiao Min Tan***Microsoft Online Community***

Answer 3

Excellent.  Exactly what I needed.  Thank you for your response.

Answer 4

Thank your for your response.  I have reviewed this document and it appears to be helpful.