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SQL 2012 Failover Licencing

  • November 10, 2011 at 4:20 am

    #259838

    I know a lot of the talk on the licencing changes for SQL 2012 have focused on the move to per core & changes for VMs,

    But does anyone know if the 30-day failover agreement is being kept as-is? Or will the new AlwaysOn features necessitate a change there too?

    I haven't been able to find any mention of it on the various datasheets going around...

  • November 10, 2011 at 4:26 am

    #1405624

    There are changes to licenses that are yet to be annouced. The news licenses will be announced in a few weeks time (not sure whether they will be rapped up in NDA's...time will time).

  • November 10, 2011 at 9:59 am

    #1405901

    Thanks. Don't like the sound of that!

  • November 10, 2011 at 10:03 am

    #1405903

    My suspicion is that you will still have the 30 day period, or some period for failovers. MS hasn't typically made changes there. I could see AlwaysOn only giving you one "spare" server as a free license when it's unused, but I believe that's the same as today.

  • November 11, 2011 at 4:08 am

    #1406168

    Here's hoping so Steve!

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