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SQL Server Licensing is Simple

SQL Server Licensing is Simple

Update: 2025-12-03
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Over the years I've had no shortage of licensing questions for SQL Server. At times it's felt a little crazy. Look at the licensing guide. Choose EE or SE and the number of cores. Then check if you're using VMs. Oh, and consider the cloud, and which cloud you're running a workload on.

It's simple right?

It can seem confusing, and at times I've wished Microsoft would make it simpler. And perhaps even give us some add-ons, like adding some additional hardware capabilities (cough more RAM *cough) in SE.

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SQL Server Licensing is Simple

SQL Server Licensing is Simple

Steve Jones