

Enterprise includes all the Standard and BI features, plus the "AlwaysOn" high-availability, ColumnStore datawarehousing functionality, and "Maximum virtualization" (for users with Software Assurance licenses).

Standard offers "basic database, reporting and analytics capabilities." BI includes all Standard's capabilities, plus Power View ("Crescent"), reporting and analytics, data-quality services and master-data services. Here's Microsoft's chart explaining what's in (and not) in the three main SKUs, or packages:īI is a brand-new SKU that wasn't part of previous SQL Server releases. Standard for Small Business – Standard will replace it.Datacenter – its features will now be available in Enterprise Edition.Microsoft is eliminating three of its current SKUs when it launches SQL Server 2012, according to its Licensing frequently asked questions (FAQ) document. There also will still be Web Developer and Express versions of SQL Server 2012, but they're not detailed. We know a bit about the three main SQL Server 2012 editions - Enterprise, BI (Business Intelligence) and Standard - thanks to a new chart posted to the Microsoft SQL Server page. Exactly how is Microsoft going to bundle up its various capabilities? SQL Server 2012, which will launch some time in the first few months of 2012, has a lot of moving parts. Ukrainian developers share stories from the war zone

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