POST MIGRATION AND UPGRADE STEPS

I recently performed a migration exercise for one of my clients wherein they upgraded their SQL Server versions. This has taught me a lot and in this post i shall list some of the post migration steps that need to be performed. I'll also give a list of a few links along the way where these points have been discussed in detail and hence i need not re-invent the wheel by writing them here again.

So here goes my list (since i have provided the links, i have refrained from describing the points in detail). The intent is to enable readers to use this as a quick checklist whenever they perform a migration or upgrade SQL Server instances.

 - Transfer Logins
 - Service Packs, upgrades and hotfixes
 - Run DBCC UPDATEUSAGE on all databases to correct any incorrect row or page counts.
 - Change authentication mode if required
 - Change database compatibility level if required
 - Connection string change in applications
 - Transfer Jobs - Remove @uid parameter
 - Update Statistics - See point 6 in link below (QueryPlan needs to have latest data). Done
   by default anyways.
 - DBCC reindex etc
 - Configure HA
 - Run DBCC CheckDB on all databases to check consistency
 - Enable full text indexing (disabled after upgrade)



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