Migrating form 2005 to 2014

What is best practice for migrating? Should I us the wizard and on install have it update the exiting SQL or should I install a new instance and then migrate each database individually?
If I make a second install and have them run side by side until all databases are moved is there a way to switch which database instance is the default instance. Up till now the data source connection was simply the server name, if I install a second
the connection is now servername\instance name. Not that this is a huge deal but I prefer the simple server name. I have looked at the alias but I have been unable to get it to work. I look at the new instance, TCP/IP is
listening all. I open the alias and enter the dynamic port, the server name and the alias name but when I try to connect using the alias it can not find the instance.
I am working on our test server now and have not progress very far so if it is better to do an in place upgrade I could uninstall SQL 2014 and then run the install again.

Hello,
One main point to decide between "in-place" and a "side-by-side" migration is if you can have a down time of SQL Server. An in-place migration requires a down time of at least 30 min or more, while side-by-side could be done more smoothly,
but it may requires modification of connection strings of application to point to the new named instance.
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1. When she upgrades the database server 2 from sql server 2008 R2 to sql server 2014, do I need to do anything on the new reporting service web server?
2. I was thinking about that I will need to do the RS databases backup and encryption key backup before my colleuge do the sql server 2014 upgrade, and after she finish the upgrade, I will then go to new SSRS web server to do the reporting
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