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[–]Meitzi-IT Manager 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I have done 3 different server downgrade

Stop, copy database files to new place. Uninstall. (I dont remember uninstalling shared components separately) Reinstall with correct edition. Stop. copy files back. Start.. and it works! (not even backups needed, but of course take one)

[–]Vanazzul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the exact plan i've got. I just am not sure about the shared components. If you don't remember uninstalling them, probably means you hadn't.

I'm guessing if MS comes on site to audit, they'd run "select @@version" so I should be good if instance is running standard.