To license under Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2012 they would license it as 40 (4×10) core licenses. (See the note about “Software Assurance Implications” below).

MSSQL licensing is either/or (users or cores). It doesn't matter how many 'DB' users there are; what matters is the number of actual users (i.e. heads with appendages) accessing it by whatever ...

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Customer’s use is subject to the Per Core License Model or Server/CAL License Model and any other License Terms relevant to the SQL Server Licenses Customer has appropriately assigned to the Licensed ...

Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's ...

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Core-Based Licensing Under the Per Core licensing model, each server running SQL Server 2014 software or any of its components (such as Reporting Services or Integration ...

Licensing Changes The biggest licensing change for SQL Server 2012 is Microsoft's shift from counting processors to counting cores (see table).

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Core-Based Licensing Under the Per Core licensing model, each server running SQL Server 2014 software or any of its components (such as Reporting Services or Integration ...

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 ...

Company says licensing is weak spot in Oracle's armory, and it hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008.

Company says licensing is weak spot in Oracle's armory, and it hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008.

In addition, Microsoft announced that it is expanding virtualization use rights to allow unlimited virtual instances on servers that are fully licensed for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.