Microsoft recommends the Standard edition for "basic database, reporting and analytics capabilities," according to its white paper. Microsoft rolled much of the SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter ...

Microsoft only just officially released SQL Server 2019 at its Ignite conference in Orlando, Fla., but it announced some key changes to licensing a little bit earlier. Don't worry -- they're all ...

But as often takes place, one step forward is followed by two steps back. Organizations that operate Microsoft SQL Server may have to rethink their database virtualization strategy, thanks to the ...

Updated: Opinion: Those who have peeled back the covers on Microsoft's recently released pricing and packaging details have found some nasty surprises, particularly with Client Access Licenses.

Microsoft switched to per-core licensing for SQL Server with the 2012 edition, and while there are differences between its policies and the ones for Windows Server 2016 — SQL Server’s licenses ...

Microsoft Corp. today released Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2, an update to its award-winning data management and analysis platform. Customers can now take advantage of enhancements in the familiar ...

To license under Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2012 they would license it as 40 (4×10) core licenses. (See the note about “Software Assurance Implications” below).

As you consider the options, understand how server virtualization affects licensing. According to Microsoft’s SQL Server 2014 Virtualization Licensing Guide, administrators have two options for ...

The change also will align Windows Server licensing with the per-core licensing already offered for Azure, SQL Server and BizTalk. Read this Microsoft to add virtualized containers, Nano Server ...

The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals Oracle and IBM. "Our challenge, now (that) we ...

Independent analyst firm Directions on Microsoft recently hosted a briefing for IT planners and software managers to explain a major shift in the way Microsoft is licensing SQL Server 2012: the ...

Microsoft recommends the Standard edition for "basic database, reporting and analytics capabilities," according to its white paper. Microsoft rolled much of the SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter edition ...