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title: "How to: Validate Successful Installation of a SQL Server Update | Microsoft Docs"
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# How to: Validate Successful Installation of a SQL Server Update
  To validate successful installation of a [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] update:  
  
-   Verify that [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] services are online.  
  
-   Verify version information returned by the @@version query.  
  
## See Also  
 [Overview of SQL Server Servicing Installation](../../../2014/sql-server/install/overview-of-sql-server-servicing-installation.md)