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  • May 16, 2013 at 4:01 am

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    Shashank Srivastava (5/16/2013)

    Hi Steve,

    As far as I think, change of named instance is not possible. You need to uninstall and install again.

    Thank you Shashank.

    For 2012 it looks possible

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/ms178083.aspx

    But for 2008 I can't find anything.

    thanks

    Steve