Updated: July 14, 2020 (April 7, 2014)
Charts & IllustrationsServer + CAL Licensing Rules for Recent SQL Server Versions
Several changes have been made to licensing use rights, edition lineup, and pricing over the past four versions of SQL Server licensed under the Server + CAL license model.
SQL 2008 (June 2008) |
SQL 2008 R2 (May 2010) |
SQL 2012 (Apr. 2012) |
SQL 2014 (Apr. 2014) |
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Standard Edition | ||||
Pricing | US$898 | |||
Downgrade rights | Earlier versions of Standard edition | |||
OSEs per license | One | |||
Reassignment rights | At least 90 days must pass between reassignments | No SA: At least 90 days must pass between reassignments
With SA: Unlimited within server farm |
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Passive failover exemption | Yes (no SA required) | Yes (but impractical without SA) | Yes, but requires SA | |
Max RAM utilization | 2TB | 64GB RAM | 128GB RAM | |
Enterprise Edition | ||||
Pricing | US$8,592 | N/A | ||
Downgrade rights | Any older edition of Enterprise edition | Current and earlier versions of Enterprise and Standard editions |
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