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Denali – Day 4: Editions & Licensing

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Denali – Day 4: Editions & Licensing

Editions:

Here is a brief edition summary of Editions available for all sql server from 2005 to 2012.

Sql Server 2005

Sql Server 2008

Sql Server 2008 R2

Sql Server 2012

    Data Center Edition  
Enterprise EditionEnterprise EditionEnterprise EditionEnterprise Edition
    Data Warehouse EditionBusiness Intelligence
Standard EditionStandard EditionStandard EditionStandard Edition
WorkGroup EditionWorkGroup EditionWorkGroup Edition  
Developer EditionDeveloper EditionDeveloper EditionDeveloper Edition
  Web EditionWeb EditionWeb Edition
Compact EditionCompact EditionCompact EditionCompact Edition
Express EditionExpress EditionExpress EditionExpress Edition

As now from Denali, edition of sql server has been modified a bit, like it has three main editions, as Microsoft site has a great detailed information on it.

Enterprise Edition: This is the Major edition, which contains ALL features provided by sql server 2012(Engine, BI) everything. So Datacenter edition is also included in Enterprise edition.

Business Intelligence Edition:- BI Edition contains All the BI related features as well as all Standard Edition Features.

Standard Edition:- Contains Basic Functionality of Engine, BI.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/editions.aspx

Features:-

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645993.aspx

http://databases.about.com/od/sqlserver/a/sql_server_2012_licensing.htm


Licensing:

Microsoft has changed the licensing from processor licenses to Core Based licensing.

  • Core-based Licensing for Enterprise
  • Server + CAL licensing for Business Intelligence
  • Choice of core-based licensing or Server + CAL licensing for Standard

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/licensing.aspx

http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/F/7/4F74E127-827E-420D-971F-53CECB6778BD/SQL_Server_2012_Licensing_Datasheet_and_FAQ_Mar2012.docx

Aaron view on this-

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2012/04/27/a-cautionary-tale-about-grandfathering-CAL-licenses-in-SQL-Server-2012-Enterprise.aspx

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