You can't upgrade a 32-bit instance of SQL Server to native 64-bit using SQL Server Setup. SQL Server 2022 (16.x) is only available for 64-bit platforms. Version numbers of the Database Engine components must be the same in an instance of SQL Server 2022 (16.x).

Upgrade is blocked if the Windows Installer service isn't running.Ĭross-version instances of SQL Server 2022 (16.x) aren't supported.

Upgrade is blocked if there's a pending restart.

For more information, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server.

To upgrade to SQL Server 2022 (16.x), you must be running a supported operating system.

Before upgrading SQL Server, enable Windows Authentication for SQL Server Agent and verify the default configuration, that the SQL Server Agent service account is a member of the SQL Server sysadmin group.Verify supported hardware and software.Before upgrading from one edition of SQL Server 2022 (16.x) to another, verify that the functionality you're currently using is supported in the edition to which you're moving.This article lists the supported upgrade paths from these SQL Server versions, and the supported edition upgrades for SQL Server 2022 (16.x).

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