u/Disastrous-Metal-228

Safe to uninstall?

Sorry for basic questions but I thought it’s better to be safe than sorry…

I have a data server that has had a few different versions of SQL server on it over the years. I would like to tidy it up. We currently use SQL express 2025 and SQL server standard 2017 (ver 14.0.21004 (x64)).

From ‘apps’ can I safely uninstall:

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Objects

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL ScriptDom

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Management Objects

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Management Objects (x64)

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Management Objects

Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL 2014

Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL 2014 (there 2 of these?)

Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL 2016

I think there are others but these are the ones that stand.

Obviously I’ll leave them if needed but would like to sort it out.

Thanks.

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How hard is it to upgrade sql server express?

I have an old sql server express installation that I would like to upgrade to the latest version.

Is this a straightforward process or? By straightforward I mean download the update and follow through the steps.

Obviously I have no real experience with sql!

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u/Disastrous-Metal-228 — 4 days ago