90 day trial

I want to convert my 90 day trial of SQL 2005 to the 2005 standard version,
is there an easy way to do this without having to resetup my databases which
a 3rd party setup for us
thanksHi,
From what I know, the trial versions of SQL Server cannot be changed to
Licensed intallations.
0. Turn off your applications that access the trial server.
1. Backup all your databases.
2. Detatch all the user databases (See your Books Online documentation to
see what the system databases are).
3. Uninstall the trial server.
4. Install licensed SQL and follow the instructions for disaster recovery
for the master database. This will recover your logins (with passwords and
SIDs) and linked servers, etc.
5. Attach the user databases you detached in step 2.
That is the basic outline. Use your Books Online documentation to fill in
the details.
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Thank you,
Daniel Jameson
SQL Server DBA
Children's Oncology Group
www.childrensoncologygroup.org
"Leonard" <Leonard@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I want to convert my 90 day trial of SQL 2005 to the 2005 standard version,
> is there an easy way to do this without having to resetup my databases
> which
> a 3rd party setup for us
> thanks
>|||Hi Leonard,
Check out the following link.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393.aspx
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Ekrem Ã?nsoy
"Leonard" <Leonard@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I want to convert my 90 day trial of SQL 2005 to the 2005 standard version,
> is there an easy way to do this without having to resetup my databases
> which
> a 3rd party setup for us
> thanks
>|||HEY
So reading the document in the link it looks like it will upgrade to SQL
2005 std ok, have I read it right?
"Ekrem Ã?nsoy" wrote:
> Hi Leonard,
> Check out the following link.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393.aspx
> --
> Ekrem Ã?nsoy
>
>
> "Leonard" <Leonard@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A69038E1-62CB-420F-B7DA-293ABCB6B2A5@.microsoft.com...
> >I want to convert my 90 day trial of SQL 2005 to the 2005 standard version,
> > is there an easy way to do this without having to resetup my databases
> > which
> > a 3rd party setup for us
> >
> > thanks
> >
>|||Yep, you can go for it.
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Ekrem Ã?nsoy
"Leonard" <Leonard@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> HEY
> So reading the document in the link it looks like it will upgrade to SQL
> 2005 std ok, have I read it right?
>
>
> "Ekrem Ã?nsoy" wrote:
>> Hi Leonard,
>> Check out the following link.
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393.aspx
>> --
>> Ekrem Ã?nsoy
>>
>>
>> "Leonard" <Leonard@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A69038E1-62CB-420F-B7DA-293ABCB6B2A5@.microsoft.com...
>> >I want to convert my 90 day trial of SQL 2005 to the 2005 standard
>> >version,
>> > is there an easy way to do this without having to resetup my databases
>> > which
>> > a 3rd party setup for us
>> >
>> > thanks
>> >