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# Upgrade SQL Server
[!INCLUDE [SQL Server -Windows Only](../../includes/applies-to-version/sql-windows-only.md)]
 
 You can upgrade instances of [!INCLUDE[ssSQL11](../../includes/sssql11-md.md)], [!INCLUDE[ssSQL14](../../includes/sssql14-md.md)], [!INCLUDE[ss2016](../../includes/sssql15-md.md)], or [!INCLUDE[ss2017](../../includes/sssqlv14-md.md)] directly to [!INCLUDE[ssCurrent](../../includes/sscurrent-md.md)]. For [!INCLUDE[ssKatmai](../../includes/sskatmai-md.md)], and [!INCLUDE[ssKilimanjaro](../../includes/sskilimanjaro-md.md)], you'll either need to do a side-by-side upgrade, or a migration, to move to SQL Server 2019 as there is no common overlap between a supported mainstream operating system. Before running [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Setup to upgrade to [!INCLUDE[ssCurrent](../../includes/sscurrent-md.md)], review the following articles about the upgrade process and the release notes.  
  
   - For information about upgrading from [!INCLUDE[ssVersion2005](../../includes/ssversion2005-md.md)], see [Are you upgrading from SQL Server 2005?](../../sql-server/end-of-support/sql-server-end-of-life-overview.md).  
   - [SQL Server 2016 Release Notes](../../sql-server/sql-server-2016-release-notes.md) 
   - [SQL Server 2017 Release Notes](../../sql-server/sql-server-2017-release-notes.md) 
  
## In This Section  
This section contains the following articles:  
  
-   [Supported Version and Edition Upgrades](../../database-engine/install-windows/supported-version-and-edition-upgrades.md)  
-   [Prepare for upgrade by running Data Migration Assistant](../../database-engine/install-windows/prepare-for-upgrade-by-running-data-migration-assistant.md)  
-   [Are you upgrading from SQL Server 2005?](../../sql-server/end-of-support/sql-server-end-of-life-overview.md)  
-   [Upgrade Analysis Services](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-analysis-services.md)  
-   [Upgrade Database Engine](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-database-engine.md)  
-   [Upgrade Data Quality Services](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-data-quality-services.md)  
-   [Upgrade Integration Services](../../integration-services/install-windows/upgrade-integration-services.md)  
-   [Upgrade Master Data Services](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-master-data-services.md)  
-   [Upgrade Power Pivot for SharePoint](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-power-pivot-for-sharepoint.md)  
-   [Upgrade Replicated Databases](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-replicated-databases.md)  
-   [Upgrade and Migrate Reporting Services](../../reporting-services/install-windows/upgrade-and-migrate-reporting-services.md)  
-   [Upgrade SQL Server Management Tools](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-sql-server-management-tools.md)  
-   [Upgrade SQL Server using the Installation Wizard (Setup)](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-sql-server-using-the-installation-wizard-setup.md)  
-   [Upgrade to a different edition of SQL Server (Setup)](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-to-a-different-edition-of-sql-server-setup.md)  
  
## See Also  
 [Upgrade Database Engine](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-database-engine.md)   
 [Upgrade Analysis Services](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-analysis-services.md)   
 [Upgrade and Migrate Reporting Services](../../reporting-services/install-windows/upgrade-and-migrate-reporting-services.md)   
 [Upgrade Integration Services](../../integration-services/install-windows/upgrade-integration-services.md)   
 [Upgrade Replicated Databases](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-replicated-databases.md)   
 [Upgrade Master Data Services](../../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-master-data-services.md)   
 [SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practices Analyzer](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=436)   
 [Backward Compatibility](../discontinued-database-engine-functionality-in-sql-server.md)