So we have two processor licenses for SQL Server 05.I want the same for 08, but times are tough right now at work.However, we could MAYBE swing a 1 processor license.Maye get a quad core processor ...

Joey on SQL Server SQL Server 2022: Every Licensing Detail You Need To Know Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012.

Routinely accused of bloating Windows and Office, Microsoft Corp. has acted more like a skinny teenage boy with enterprise apps like SQL Server: desperate to bulk up.

Microsoft isn't increasing the Server/Client Access License (CAL) pricing -- which is the primary way its customers buy SQL Server, officials said -- with the new release. But the new SQL 2008 R2 ...

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 ...

Microsoft is looking to bulk up SQL Server in the hopes of winning new customers and has fleshed out plans for the upcoming Datacenter and Parallel Data Warehouse versions of the popular database.

Customers with existing SQL Server installations will face transition issues, "especially for customers with licenses covered by Software Assurance, including customers who buy SQL Server under the ...