The database could not be exclusively locked to perform the operation

Problem:

Previously, we had been using the following script to rename the DB after importing the bacpac file into Tier-1 cloud-hosted environment.

USE master;
go
ALTER DATABASE AxDB MODIFY NAME = AxDB_OLD;
ALTER DATABASE AxDB_20250306 MODIFY NAME = AxDB;
go

But this script now gives the following error message.

The database could not be exclusively locked to perform the operation.

Application:

Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Solution:

Please use the following script to successfully rename the DB.

Code

--set main db to single connections and drop the existing connections
ALTER DATABASE AxDB SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE

--rename database to DB_OLD
ALTER DATABASE AxDB MODIFY NAME = AxDB_OLD

--set the DB_OLD to multi user
ALTER DATABASE AxDB_OLD SET MULTI_USER

--rename the new database to the main DB name
ALTER DATABASE AxDB_20250306 MODIFY NAME = AxDB