Can we restore SQL Server 2008 backup to 2019?

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A backup taken on SQL Server 2008 and later, can be restored to SQL Server 2019 (15. x) without changing its compatibility level, as long as the database backup has a compatibility level of 100 or higher. 26 мая 2022 г.

Can we restore SQL Server 2008 backup to 2017?

Yes, SQL Server is backward compatible. You can restore a database from any previous version of SQL Server that was supported at the time of the release. For SQL Server 2017, you can therefore restore databases from SQL Server 2008 to 2017. SQL Server, however, is not forward compatible.

Can we restore SQL Server 2008 backup to 2016?

Yes you can directly migrate to SQl 2016 either attach/deattach or backup and restore.

Can we directly upgrade SQL Server 2008 to 2019?

SQL Server 2019 allows you to directly upgrade from SQL Server 2008/R2 and keep the database compatibility to the earlier version.

Can we restore SQL Server 2012 backup to 2019?

In short no an incremental backup spanning multiple SQL Server versions is not possible. Irrespective of Blue Prism, upgrading the version of SQL Server is a one way operation, you can upgrade from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2019 but you cannot downgrade.

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