Microsoft SQL Server - license models by edition
License models conform to the Product Use Rights as defined by Microsoft for the corresponding version and edition.
License models by edition
| SQL Standard | Server + CAL/EC (No Virtualization; No Mobility) | SQL Standard | Server + CAL/EC (No Virtualization; Mobility on SA) | SQL Standard | CPU (No Virtualization; No Mobility) | SQL Standard | CPU (No Virtualization; Mobility) | SQL Standard | Core (No Virtualization; Mobility) – till December 2013 | SQL Standard | Core (No Virtualization; Mobility on SA) | SQL Standard | Core (SPLA; No Virtualization; Mobility) | SQL Enterprise | Server + CAL/EC (Full Virtualization; No Mobility) | SQL Enterprise | Server + CAL/EC (Full Virtualization; Mobility) | SQL Enterprise | Server + CAL/EC (Ltd. Virtualization; Mobility) | |
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License models by edition (continued)
| SQL Enterprise | Server + CAL/EC (Ltd. Virtualization; Mobility on SA) | SQL Enterprise | CPU (Full Virtualization; No Mobility) | SQL Enterprise | CPU (Full Virtualization; Mobility) | SQL Enterprise | CPU (Ltd. Virtualization; Mobility) | SQL Enterprise | Core (Full Virtualization on SA; Mobility on SA) | SQL Enterprise | CPU (SPLA; No Virtualization; No Mobility) | SQL Enterprise | CPU (SPLA; Full Virtualization; No Mobility) | SQL Enterprise | CPU (SPLA; Ltd. Virtualization; Mobility) | SQL Enterprise | Core (SPLA; Full Virtualization; Mobility) | SQL Datacenter | CPU (Full Virtualization; Mobility) | |
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The following sections list the license models by edition and provide explanations as well as illustrative examples: