SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition Licensing

• jvamvas

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  May 1, 2008 at 2:29 am

  #125081

  I'm getting some conflicting information , regarding sql 2005 Standard Edition licensing for multi instancing.

  If you have multiple instances of "SQL 2005 Standard Edition" on one physical server i.e one OS , do you need to pay a server license for every SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition Instance or just the one SQL Server Server license?

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• Michael Earl-395764

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  May 1, 2008 at 6:00 am

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  Here is the MS document on it:

  http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/multipleinstances.mspx

  The basic idea is that (for SQL 2005) multiple instances doe not require individual licenses. Multiple virtual servers do require their own licenses.