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I'm trying to upgrade an SQL Express database that comes with an application to SQL Developer edition. The machine is an Azure VM, not Azure SQL server instance.
The application is Best Practice, a medical practice management software. The base installation installs an SQL Server Express database. The instructions mention doing an edition upgrade of the database to enable it to use databases over 10GB. When I perform the upgrade it seems to be doing it, no major errors, but it doesn't work. The database remains in Express.
I am accessing the VM using RDP.
I have done this procedure on another VM hosted on a Linux machine and that was successful.
I appreciate any help at this point.
to SQL Developer edition.
First, you are not allowed to use the Developer Edition for production, only for developing & testing
but it doesn't work.
And what in detail does "not work" mean; you havent't provided any detail about?