![]() On the surface the concept seems to make sense and promises savings, but in practice it costs clients more for their SQL Server licensing.ġ SQL Processor license = 4 SQL Core licensesįor older servers there is really no price difference as most of those servers are running less than 4 cores per processor (we will ignore the impact of SQL Enterprise Server/CAL model disappearing for now) and the price is the same. In other words, as servers become more powerful and virtualization becomes more prevalent – clients can virtualize their SQL Servers and license based on capacity (Cores in use in Virtual environments) or license all cores in a server and have unlimited virtualization rights (requires SQL Enterprise with active Software Assurance). ![]() ![]() Contrary to how Microsoft has positioned these changes in the market, most of our clients have faced price increases of 50% to 100% or more on their SQL Server licensing costs! SQL Server 2012 License Changesĭuring the launch of SQL Server 2012 we were given the impression that SQL was transitioning to Core based licensing to allow clients the opportunity to purchase based on capacity. Le have done a significant amount of work with clients recently preparing them for the changes that Microsoft made to SQL Server licensing.
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