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Hi,<br />
do you also want to move the existing databases?<br />
If yes, then here is a complete step-by-step article from the MSDN documentation:<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512725.aspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512725.aspx</a><br />
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HTH<br />
Rainer
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Hi,
do you also want to move the existing databases?
If yes, then here is a complete step-by-step article from the MSDN documentation:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512725.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512725.aspx]

HTH
Rainer

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Note: This wasn't supported in SharePoint 2010 and older and is new to 2013. &nbsp;Backup everything before you try it and be sure to execute every step. &nbsp;Once a SharePoint installation is broken it's brutal to fix.
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Note: This wasn't supported in SharePoint 2010 and older and is new to 2013.  Backup everything before you try it and be sure to execute every step.  Once a SharePoint installation is broken it's brutal to fix.

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Restoring the farm worked to fit our needs.
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Restoring the farm worked to fit our needs.

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How do you change the SharePoint database servers in 2013?<br />
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For example I have two SQL 2008 R2 Servers named Sever 1 and Server 2 and I need to change the SharePoint database server from Server 1 to Server 2.
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How do you change the SharePoint database servers in 2013?

For example I have two SQL 2008 R2 Servers named Sever 1 and Server 2 and I need to change the SharePoint database server from Server 1 to Server 2.

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