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Upgrading Database Compatibility Levels Across a Whole Instance

2026-06-20 · by Hannah Vernon · in configuration

The instance upgrade went perfectly. You moved from SQL Server 2019 to 2022, the installer turned green, the services came back up, and the application connected on the first try. A week later someone asks…

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