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Demystifying SQL Server Licensing

Name: Demystifying SQL Server Licensing
Uploaded: 2024-10-31T15:30:02+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: Mike Austin
Description: Mike Austin explains SQL Server's processor-based licensing model and its evolution to core-based licensing. He emphasizes that processor/core licensing…

31 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Mike Austin explains SQL Server's processor-based licensing model and its evolution to core-based licensing. He emphasizes that processor/core licensing allowed any number of users (device or user CALs not required) to access the server — making licensing straightforward in practice.

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So processor licenses were fairly straightforward. Basically you looked at the number of processors in the server and you bought the number of processors that you had, right? And then if it was standard or enterprise, and then any number of users can access. So I don't have to have that client access license. I don't have to worry about whether it's device or user based licenses. With cors, any number of people can access. I can have external people coming in and things like that. So this model of processor which is now converted to cores was fairly straightforward, Right? Because I could just buy the per processor licenses or now it's cores.