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Upgrade Assistant for SQL Server: Install SQL Server Upgrade Assistant

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Table of Contents for Upgrade Assistant:

1.0 Introduction
   [[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Upgrade Assistant Process|1.1 Upgrade Assistant Process]] 
   [[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Upgrade Assistant Results|1.2 Upgrade Assistant Results]]
   [[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Required Knowledge and Skills|1.3 Required Knowledge and Skills]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-System Requirements|2.0 System Requirements]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Create a Test Environment|3.0 Create a Test Environment]] 
   [[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Create a Single Computer Test Environment|3.1 Single Computer Test Environment]] 
   [[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Create a Multiple Computer Test Environment|3.2 Multiple Computer Test Environment]] 
   [[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Installing SQL Server Upgrade Assistant|3.3 Install SQL Server Upgrade Assistant]] (this article)
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Capturing a Test Workload|4.0 Capture a Test Workload]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-SQL Server 2005/2008 Baseline System|5.0 SQL Server 2005/2008 Baseline System]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Run Upgrade Advisor|6.0 Run Upgrade Advisor]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Replay Baseline Trace on SQL Server 2005/2008|7.0 Replay Baseline Trace on SQL Server 2005/2008]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Set Up Playback Test System|8.0 Set Up Playback Test System]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Replay Trace on SQL Server Code Name Denali|9.0 Replay Trace on SQL Server 2012]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Compare Trace Files|10.0 Compare Trace Files]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Advanced Topics|11.0 Advanced Topics]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Fixing Differences|12.0 Fixing Differences]]
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Troubleshooting|13.0 Troubleshooting]] 
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Support|14.0 Support]]  

3.3 Installing SQL Server Upgrade Assistant

Use the procedure below to install SQL Server Upgrade Assistant:

Ensure that your computer meets the system requirements.

  1. Double-click UAFSSetup.exe to launch the installation wizard.
  2. Review the License Agreement, click I accept the terms in the license agreement to select it, and then click Next.
  3. On the Destination Folder page of the installation wizard, you can click Change to specify the folder to install the Upgrade Assistant. If you wish to install in the default folder, simply click Next to continue.
  4. Click Install to begin the installation process.

Click Finish to close the wizard. You can launch Upgrade Assistant from the Scalability Experts programs group in the Start-Programs menu.

Once Upgrade Assistant is installed, the next step is to capture a typical workload for testing:  
[[SQL Server Upgrade Assistant-Capturing a Test Workload|Capture a Test Workload]]