Microsoft attempted to kick-start that effort by publishing its "SQL Server 2012 Licensing Datasheet" document this week, which can be downloaded here. The new SQL Server 2012 licensing model is based ...

To try and make better sense of it, Microsoft does provide a SQL Server 2008 R2 licensing quick reference guide. The guide offers these frequently asked questions and answers to try and provide ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has achieved a breakthrough with CISPE, the European cloud organization. After years of negotiations, an agreement ...

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 ...

Also, they can connect SQL Server 2025 with Azure Arc to manage a hybrid SQL Server data estate at scale. Microsoft is also offering pay-as-you-go licensing for on-premises customers.

Microsoft rolled much of the SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter edition licensing rights into the SQL Server 2012 Enterprise edition, so the old Datacenter edition will disappear as a top product-line ...