How can I transition the Enterprise Edition Although Enterprise Edition is moving to a core-based licensing metric, EE Server licenses will be available for in the Server + CAL Model to new Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 through June 30, 2012 to allow customers to complete planned purchases. licensing? Starting July 1, 2012, new EE Server licenses will no longer be available on the price list. However, all existing EE Server licenses with Software Assurance (SA) can be upgraded to SQL Server® 2012 and EE Server SA can be maintained to provide access to future software updates. EE Server licenses upgraded to 2012 and beyond will be subject to a 20 core per server maximum. Can I convert my Enterprise server/CAL No. Programmatic transitions of Enterprise Edition servers to cores will not occur. However, an offering to do licenses into core licenses? this may be available through negotiated EAPs. Customers are encouraged to talk to their Microsoft® representative for specific details regarding their deployments. If I license my physical server with No. Customers who license all the physical cores with Enterprise Edition, but choose not to have SA, will be able Enterprise Edition core licenses, but don’t to deploy up to one virtual machine (VM) per each core license. For example, a customer with a 2 processor have SA, do I get unlimited virtualization server with 4 cores each will need 8 core licenses and deploy up to 8 VMs. rights? Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 vs. SQL Server® 2012 Differences of note are shown in Product Highlights Editions Licensing Models Virtualizations Red Information platform for applications of all Datacenter Standard Standard Processors Enterprise Server/CAL or Per Processor Run a single VM per license if all Managed, familiar self-service BI tools Standard physical processors are licensed Enterprise Support for large-scale data centers and Small Business License individual VM’s based on Server/CAL or Per Processor data warehouses Workgroup virtual processors Opportunities to build and extend PDW Datacenter applications in the cloud Web Standard Server + CAL Per Processor Developer Run a single VM per license (CALs Integration with the Microsoft® Application Express required) Platform Compact Enterprise Processors Run up to 4 VMs per license if all physical processors are licensed License Individual VM’s based on virtual processors Enterprise Server + CAL
How can I transition the Enterprise Edition in the Server + CAL Model to new licensing? Although Enterprise Edition is moving to a core-based licensing metric, EE Server licenses will be available for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 through June 30, 2012 to allow customers to complete planned purchases. Starting July 1, 2012, new EE Server licenses will no longer be available on the price list. However, all existing EE Server licenses with Software Assurance (SA) can be upgraded to SQL Server® 2012 and EE Server SA can be maintained to provide access to future software updates. EE Server licenses upgraded to 2012 and beyond will be subject to a 20 core per server maximum. Can I convert my Enterprise server/CAL licenses into core licenses? No. Programmatic transitions of Enterprise Edition servers to cores will not occur. However, an offering to do this may be available through negotiated EAPs. Customers are encouraged to talk to their Microsoft® representative for specific details regarding their deployments. If I license my physical server with Enterprise Edition core licenses, but don’t have SA, do I get unlimited virtualization rights? No. Customers who license all the physical cores with Enterprise Edition, but choose not to have SA, will be able to deploy up to one virtual machine (VM) per each core license. For example, a customer with a 2 processor server with 4 cores each will need 8 core licenses and deploy up to 8 VMs. Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 vs. SQL Server® 2012 Differences of note are shown in Red Product Highlights Editions Licensing Models Virtualizations Information platform for applications of all Managed, familiar self-service BI tools Support for large-scale data centers and data warehouses Opportunities to build and extend applications in the cloud Integration with the Microsoft® Application Platform Datacenter Enterprise Standard Small Business Workgroup PDW Web Developer Express Compact Standard Server/CAL or Per Processor Enterprise Server/CAL or Per Processor Datacenter Per Processor Standard Processors Run a single VM per license if all physical processors are licensed License individual VM’s based on virtual processors Standard Server + CAL Run a single VM per license (CALs required) Enterprise Processors Run up to 4 VMs per license if all physical processors are licensed License Individual VM’s based on virtual processors Enterprise Server + CAL
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