topic Re: Should I upgrade my SQL first? in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/should-i-upgrade-my-sql-first/m-p/721759#M27513 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi James,</P><P></P><P>I usually recommend to customers to upgrade their enterprise geodatabase last since the clients are usually backwards compatible to the geodatabase.&nbsp; The order I upgrade is the following:</P><P></P><P>1.&nbsp; One or two ArcGIS Desktop</P><P>2.&nbsp; ArcGIS Server (if applicable)</P><P>3.&nbsp; RDBMS and Geodatabase</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:43:28 GMT JakeSkinner 2016-04-22T14:43:28Z Should I upgrade my SQL first? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/should-i-upgrade-my-sql-first/m-p/721758#M27512 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P>Should I upgrade my SQL Server 2008 R2&nbsp; to SQL Server 2012 R2 first then upgrade to ArcGIS 10.3 for Desktop and ArcGIS 10.3 for Server? Or vice-versa? Does it matter? Any advice on the matter. Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:54:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/should-i-upgrade-my-sql-first/m-p/721758#M27512 JamesFitzgerald 2016-04-22T13:54:14Z Re: Should I upgrade my SQL first? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/should-i-upgrade-my-sql-first/m-p/721759#M27513 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi James,</P><P></P><P>I usually recommend to customers to upgrade their enterprise geodatabase last since the clients are usually backwards compatible to the geodatabase.&nbsp; The order I upgrade is the following:</P><P></P><P>1.&nbsp; One or two ArcGIS Desktop</P><P>2.&nbsp; ArcGIS Server (if applicable)</P><P>3.&nbsp; RDBMS and Geodatabase</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:43:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/should-i-upgrade-my-sql-first/m-p/721759#M27513 JakeSkinner 2016-04-22T14:43:28Z