Hello,
I am in the process of researching the procedures to migrate from SQL Server 2005 SP2 (32 Bit) to SQL Server 2012 (64 Bit). I will be doing a side-by-side upgrade. I need to run the SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Advisor but everything I have read so far is that the advisor application is not supported on Windows Server 2003 R2/SP2. The 2003 Box has .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Windows Installer version 5.0.7601.17514. Is there any way to install the Upgrade Advisor on a 2003 machine? Or do I need to upgrade the OS to Server 2008? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Dave
David Young