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Demystifying SQL Server Licensing

Name: Demystifying SQL Server Licensing
Uploaded: 2024-10-17T15:45:00+00:00
Duration: 40 s
Channel: Mike Austin
Description: Mike Austin explains the concept of a physical Operating System Environment (OSE) and why OSE location matters for SQL Server licensing — specifically…

17 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Mike Austin explains the concept of a physical Operating System Environment (OSE) and why OSE location matters for SQL Server licensing — specifically whether the OSE runs on a physical box or in a virtual machine, and how cores (virtual vs physical) are counted for licensing.

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The other concept is this concept of a physical Operating system environment or an ose. And so that can be run on a physical box. So it could be your Windows Server on a physical box, or it could be a Windows Server that's running in a virtual environment on a vm. Right. So OSCE has become important because that's how everything gets tied back. When you get into the licensing is where's the OSC residing? And then how are you counting these things? So whether they're virtual cores, physical cores, you know, depends on what's going on. And I'll talk about that in a little bit more detail.