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First, run the free MS compatibility analyzer tool to see what syntax or other errors you might have.<br />
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Next, figure out everything in the master db that you need to copy/dup to the new server, including logins, linked servers, certificates, etc..<br />
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Then everything you need to copy/dup from msdb to the new server. Are you using SSIS packages? &nbsp;Those can be a real pain to migrate.<br />
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Once that's done, you can simply backup and restore OR create ... for attach each of the user dbs. &nbsp;SQL will automatically convert them internally to the 2012 format.
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First, run the free MS compatibility analyzer tool to see what syntax or other errors you might have.

Next, figure out everything in the master db that you need to copy/dup to the new server, including logins, linked servers, certificates, etc..

Then everything you need to copy/dup from msdb to the new server. Are you using SSIS packages?  Those can be a real pain to migrate.

Once that's done, you can simply backup and restore OR create ... for attach each of the user dbs.  SQL will automatically convert them internally to the 2012 format.

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Is it even possible to upgrade from SQL 2005 (32bit) to SQL 2012 (64)?<br />
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I need to move an existing version of Microsoft Dynamics 2010, SQL 2005 from a Windows Server 2008 (32bit) to my new server running Windows 2012 R2, Dymanics 2013, SQL 2012.<br />
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Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Is it even possible to upgrade from SQL 2005 (32bit) to SQL 2012 (64)?

I need to move an existing version of Microsoft Dynamics 2010, SQL 2005 from a Windows Server 2008 (32bit) to my new server running Windows 2012 R2, Dymanics 2013, SQL 2012.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Can I migrate from SQL server 2005 to SQL Server 2012

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.