For example, an 8-core general-purpose Managed Instance costs $1,472.75 per month, and the SQL Server licensing component makes up $584 of that cost, so the total cost would be $889 per month ...

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 ...

A single SQL Server can host multiple instances and multiple databases. If an existing SQL Server 2014 deployment has the available capacity, you may be able to migrate SQL Server 2005 workloads ...

Choosing between core licensing or Server+CAL is usually a financial decision. There is a point when the cost of the number of CALs will exceed the cost of core licensing.

You need to license all physical processors in order to run instances of SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter in an unlimited number of virtual OSEs. In this case, you will need four Datacenter licenses.

The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals Oracle and IBM. Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk ...

But I have been asked to write about the SQL Server 2008 R2 licensing model, so here goes… In the past, Microsoft has followed the “R2” strategy to provide a functional release to existing ...

The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals Oracle and IBM. "Our challenge, now (that) we ...

OK, I've been told that we want some of our data to be publicly accessible via the web. Setting it up is easy, but I have no idea about SQL licensing in this situation. I know IIS doesn't require ...

Company says licensing is weak spot in Oracle's armory, and it hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008. Written by Colin Barker, Contributor Nov. 15, 2007 at 4:17 a.m. PT ...