I have a SQL Server 2012 Enterprise edition and a Model database. On a virtual machine I have installed SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition and want to create a copy of the Model database on it.
I have read about the differences between the editions and it seems that no Enterprise-specific features are used in the Model database (anyway, I need to test the migration to be sure).
Which is the better way to move the database from the Enterprise to the Standard edition:
- creating full backup and restoring it
- scripting the database as
.sqlfile and executing it