SQL Server 2008 Books Online (October 2009)
Upgrade How-to Topics

The topics in this section describe how to upgrade a SQL Server stand-alone instance.

Topic Description

How to: Upgrade to SQL Server 2008 (Setup)

The procedural topic to upgrade a stand-alone instance of SQL Server to SQL Server 2008.

The procedural topic to upgrade an instance of a SQL Server failover cluster to SQL Server 2008.

Provides sample syntax for installing SQL Server 2008 at a command prompt.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Minimize Downtime for Mirrored Databases When Upgrading Server Instances

Reference

Version and Edition Upgrades

Concepts

Migrating a SQL Server 2000 Log Shipping Configuration to SQL Server 2008
Upgrading SQL Server 2005 Log Shipping to SQL Server 2008
Backward Compatibility

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2008 Assistance
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