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Both new installations of Velocity 3.8.5 and upgrades to Velocity 3.8.5 require Microsoft SQL Server 2017 or later. Velocity 3.8.5 provides you with the option to install the free Express edition of SQL Server 2019. If this Express edition is not adequate for your needs, then you must install a licensed edition of a supported version (2017 or 2019) of SQL Server, before doing a new Server installation of Velocity 3.8.5. If you already have SQL Server 2017 or 2019 installed on your server, the Velocity 3.8.5 Installer detects and uses your full edition of SQL Server for the Velocity database.
Velocity 3.8.5 requires Microsoft SQL Server 2017 or later.
Before upgrading to Velocity v3.8.5 from a pre-Velocity v3.7 release, you must register your Velocity software and obtain the necessary license(s). See the Velocity Licensing topic for details. Existing Velocity users moving from v3.8.4 to v3.8.5 must use the Velocity Update Wizard instead of the Velocity Installer. For more information, see Updating from Velocity 3.6 (or higher) to Velocity 3.8.5.