sql-server-agent-upgrade-issues.md

title	SQL Server Agent Upgrade Issues | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date	06/13/2017
ms.prod	sql-server-2014
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ms.technology	database-engine
ms.topic	conceptual
helpviewer_keywords	upgrading SQL Server Agent SQL Server Agent, upgrades
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SQL Server Agent Upgrade Issues

The following topics describe the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Agent issues that might affect an upgrade. The topics describe actions that you can take to help reduce the effect of these changes on your [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] environment.

In This Section

• Database maintenance plans superseded

• Only sysadmin users can write job step log files to the file system

• Replace usage of the xp_sqlagent_proxy_account extended stored procedure with new stored procedures

• SQL Server Agent log shipping job category causes upgrade to fail

• SQL Server Agent Service cannot use SQL Server Authentication

• Update token syntax in SQL Server Agent job steps

• Upgrade all target servers before upgrading the master server

• Upgrading will change the SQL Server Agent User Proxy Account to the temporary UpgradedProxyAccount

See Also

SQL Server 2014 Upgrade Advisor [new]
Resolving Upgrade Issues