Updated: July 13, 2020 (May 24, 2010)

Changes to SQL Server Standard and Enterprise Editions

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Standard and Enterprise editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 received a variety of packaging, pricing, and licensing rule changes.

Prices quoted in the chart reflect the highest a customer in the United States would pay through a volume licensing program (Open).

	Standard	Enterprise
Position in product lineup	Unchanged. Mid-tier offering for midsize businesses and departmental usage	Changed. New Datacenter edition displaces Enterprise as top-of-the-line offering
Maximum accessible memory	Reduced to 64GB; SQL Server Standard 2008 supported OS maximum of 2TB	Unchanged. 2TB
Maximum number of processors	Unchanged at four processors	Reduced to eight processors; SQL Server 2008 Enterprise supports OS maximum of 64
Server-CAL pricing	Unchanged. US$898 for server license, US$164 for SQL Server 2008 R2 CAL	Unchanged. US$8,592 for server license, US$164 for SQL Server 2008 R2 CAL
Per-processor pricing	Increased.

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