For example, an 8-core general-purpose Managed Instance costs $1,472.75 per month, and the SQL Server licensing component makes up $584 of that cost, so the total cost would be $889 per month ...

SQL Server licensing without SA confers the rights to run one VM on each core. So, instead of paying for SA on all machines, an organization could license a server with 12 cores to run 12 VMs ...

There is a four-core minimum per virtual machine. As an alternative, organizations using the Business Intelligence or Standard Edition of SQL Server 2014 can use the Server + CAL licensing model, ...

The new SQL Server 2012 licensing model is based on an organization's computing power, number of users and use of virtualization. Beyond that, the devil lurks in the details. The bottom line appears ...

Even though you intend to run SQL 2012, you can only buy licensing for the current version. However, it usually has downgrade rights so running 2012 should be no problem.

Microsoft believes licensing is the weak spot in Oracle's armoury, and hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008 Written by Colin Barker, Contributor Nov. 15, 2007, 8:00 a.m. PT ...

You need to license all physical processors in order to run instances of SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter in an unlimited number of virtual OSEs. In this case, you will need four Datacenter licenses.

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. "Our challenge, now (that) we ...

DH2i Company is the leading provider of server application virtualization solutions. Its software products enable a unified operational model that orchestrates SQL Server management, high availability ...

But I have been asked to write about the SQL Server 2008 R2 licensing model, so here goes… In the past, Microsoft has followed the “R2” strategy to provide a functional release to existing ...

I forgot how this works, I'll try and find it again. When I first started making web apps back in the early 90's, MS made a special "internet connector" license you could purchase for SQL Server.

Company says licensing is weak spot in Oracle's armory, and it hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008. Written by Colin Barker, Contributor Nov. 15, 2007, 5:24 p.m. PT ...