SQL Server editions and legallity

  • I was hoping someone could shed some light on the following and if it is legal:
    We have and outward facing production SQL server running SQL Server 2016 Enterprise edition. We want to replicate some of this data to a different server for internal reporting and BI dashboards. Would it be legal to install SQL Server Developer Edition on this partially replicated server?
    And the same question applies if we want to run a data warehouse server that sources some data from the production server – can we install Developer edition on this data warehouse server?
    The theory is that it will be fine, because all DW data, BI data and reporting is for internal purposes only

  • Casper101 - Sunday, November 18, 2018 11:57 PM

    I was hoping someone could shed some light on the following and if it is legal:
    We have and outward facing production SQL server running SQL Server 2016 Enterprise edition. We want to replicate some of this data to a different server for internal reporting and BI dashboards. Would it be legal to install SQL Server Developer Edition on this partially replicated server?
    And the same question applies if we want to run a data warehouse server that sources some data from the production server – can we install Developer edition on this data warehouse server?
    The theory is that it will be fine, because all DW data, BI data and reporting is for internal purposes only

    No.  The use would still be considered production.

  • Correct, no. Any use of a system for insights, queries, backup, etc. is considered active use and production.

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