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Comprehensive licensing information for SQL Server 2012.

With SQL Server 2012, we have aligned the licensing of our editions based on how you consume these solutions. Our licensing models will support:

Simple Pricing Metrics

Pay per user for Business Intelligence, and by processing power for Mission Critical capabilities.

Flexibility and Innovation

Cloud-optimized licensing with the ability to license just the Virtual Machine (VM), move your VMs from server to server, or to hosters or to the cloud.

Industry-leading TCO

We continue to provide outstanding value at any scale among all major vendors. The Enterprise Edition (EE) will offer all product features and capabilities with no costly add-ons required to run your Mission Critical Applications.

SQL Server 2012 Editions

Available Licensing ModelsChannel Availability
Per CoreServer+CALVolume LicensingRetail (FPP)Third Party Hosting

Enterprise

SQL Server 2012 Enterprise delivers comprehensive high-end datacenter capabilities for demanding database and business intelligence requirements. The Enterprise edition provides the highest service and performance levels for mission critical workloads on a comprehensive data platform.

Business Intelligence

SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence delivers a comprehensive platform empowering organizations to build and deploy secure, scalable and manageable BI solutions.

Standard

SQL Server 2012 Standard delivers basic data management and business intelligence capabilities for non-critical workloads with minimal IT resources.

Developer

SQL Server 2012 Developer is a full feature version of SQL Server software that allows developers to cost-effectively build and test and demonstrate applications based on SQL Server software.

Web

SQL Server 2012 Web delivers a secure, cost effective and highly scalable data platform for public web sites. The Web edition is available to third party software service providers only.

Express

SQL Server 2012 Express edition is an entry-level, free database that is ideal for learning and building desktop and small server data-driven applications.		Download SQL Server Express

Compact 4.0

SQL Server Compact 4.0 is a free, embedded database that software developers can use for building lightweight websites and desktop applications. 		Download SQL Server Compact

Azure

SQL Azure is a cloud-based relational database that allows provisioning and deployment of relational database solutions to the cloud. 		Monthly Pay-As-You-Go Based on Database Size

SQL Server Appliances - For details on our appliance offerings, click here

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