Developer, Express and Compact editions will still be available after the SQL Server 2012 product is released, Microsoft indicated. Licensing Changes ...

Microsoft has clarified the more confusing elements of SQL Server licensing and extended major benefits to customers. The catch is that Software Assurance is required to take advantage of them.

SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition provides a fully featured version of SQL Server software—including all the features and capabilities of Enterprise Edition—licensed for development, test and ...

This introductory licensing guide for SQL Server 2016 will help clear up any questions before a large scale purchase is made.

Is Sql Server 2017 Developer Edition Free? Using SQL Server 2017 developer edition on your development database or test database (but not on your production database) entitles you to all the features ...

Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Developer is a full-featured free edition with a freely licensed license to be used in development and test environments other than production.

The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals Oracle and IBM.

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).

Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these open-ended SQL Server proficiency interview Q&As useful.