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you have to restart sql services to get the new capabilities. A Server restart may be required&lt;<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-43448074-1">setup.exe /q /ACTION=editionupgrade /InstanceName=MSSQLSERVER /PID=&amp;lt;appropriatePid&amp;gt; /SkipRules=Engine_SqlEngineHealthCheck</code></pre>
<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-to-a-different-edition-of-sql-server-setup?view=sql-server-ver16" rel="ugc">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-to-a-different-edition-of-sql-server-setup?view=sql-server-ver16</a>
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you have to restart sql services to get the new capabilities. A Server restart may be required<



setup.exe /q /ACTION=editionupgrade /InstanceName=MSSQLSERVER /PID=&lt;appropriatePid&gt; /SkipRules=Engine_SqlEngineHealthCheck

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-to-a-different-edition-of-sql-server-setup?view=sql-server-ver16 [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-to-a-different-edition-of-sql-server-setup?view=sql-server-ver16]

arnold

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Echo David, you are effectively performing an in place upgrade.<br />
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During setup, you would need to select the instance being upgrade<br />
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During the process no access to DB.<br />
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If you have the option to test in a VM, try.
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Echo David, you are effectively performing an in place upgrade.

During setup, you would need to select the instance being upgrade

During the process no access to DB.


If you have the option to test in a VM, try.

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Is there a way to test the in place upgrade without buying the Enterprise license first?<br>I've got the SSAS instance and data warehouse sitting in VMs now. <br><br>Thank you.
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Is there a way to test the in place upgrade without buying the Enterprise license first?
I've got the SSAS instance and data warehouse sitting in VMs now.

Thank you.

George Contrabass

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<p>I intend to upgrade our SSAS server license from standard to Enterprise.</p><p><br></p><p>Never done it before and this will be on a production machine.</p><p><br></p><p>Is there any downtime involved?</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you.</p>
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I intend to upgrade our SSAS server license from standard to Enterprise.
Never done it before and this will be on a production machine.
Is there any downtime involved?
Thank you.

Upgrading to SQL Server Enterprise license - any downtime?

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is an online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining tool in Microsoft SQL Server used as a tool by organizations to analyze and make sense of information possibly spread out across multiple databases, or in disparate tables or files. Analysis Services includes a group of OLAP and data mining capabilities and comes in two flavors - Multidimensional and Tabular.