Microsoft Configuration Manager

Upgrade On Premises Infrastructure

28 September 2026Feature update+1 / −3 lines

In brief

The documentation now lists SQL Server 2025 and removes SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2014, and the SQL Server 2016 upgrade link.

What Intune admins need to know

Administrators should review their SQL Server version against the updated guidance when planning or upgrading on-premises infrastructure.

This summary was assembled from the tracked documentation change. Verify important details in the full Microsoft Learn article.

Documentation change

View full page diff

View on Microsoft Learn

The comparison below shows only the changed extract. Use the full-page view for complete context.

Configuration Manager supports the in-place upgrade of SQL Server to the following versions:

SQL Server 2025
SQL Server 2022
SQL Server 2019
SQL Server 2017
~~SQL Server 2016~~
~~SQL Server 2014~~

This support includes the upgrade of SQL Server Express to a newer version of SQL Server Express at secondary sites.

To upgrade SQL Server on the site database server

@@ -181,11 +181,10 @@ If you use [BitLocker management](../../../protect/plan-design/bitlocker-managem 
 Configuration Manager supports the in-place upgrade of SQL Server to the following versions:
 
+- SQL Server 2025
 - SQL Server 2022
 - SQL Server 2019
 - SQL Server 2017
-- SQL Server 2016
-- SQL Server 2014
 
 This support includes the upgrade of SQL Server Express to a newer version of SQL Server Express at secondary sites.
 
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ For more information about upgrading SQL Server, see the following SQL Server ar - [Upgrade to SQL Server 2022](/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/supported-version-and-edition-upgrades-2022)
 - [Upgrade to SQL Server 2019](/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/supported-version-and-edition-upgrades-version-15)
 - [Upgrade to SQL Server 2017](/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/supported-version-and-edition-upgrades-2017)
-- [Upgrade to SQL Server 2016](/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/supported-version-and-edition-upgrades)
 
 ### To upgrade SQL Server on the site database server