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title: "How to: Launch Upgrade Advisor | Microsoft Docs"
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# How to: Launch Upgrade Advisor
  Upgrade Advisor provides a central console that you can use to launch the Upgrade Advisor Analysis Wizard and the Upgrade Advisor Report Viewer. This topic describes how to launch Upgrade Advisor.  
  
### To launch Upgrade Advisor  
  
-   To launch Upgrade Advisor, click **Start**, click **All Programs**, click **[!INCLUDE[ssCurrent](../../includes/sscurrent-md.md)]**, and then click **[!INCLUDE[ssCurrent](../../includes/sscurrent-md.md)] Upgrade Advisor**.  
  
## See Also  
 [Running Upgrade Advisor (User Interface)](../../../2014/sql-server/install/running-upgrade-advisor-user-interface.md)   
 [Upgrade Advisor How-to Topics](../../../2014/sql-server/install/upgrade-advisor-how-to-topics.md)   
 [Working with Upgrade Advisor](../../../2014/sql-server/install/working-with-upgrade-advisor.md)