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I get quite a few questions about virtualising SQL Server and typically today this is on VMWare so yesterday I went along to find out more at the VMWare London User Group. In the current world of computing, vendors compete with everyone but also
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One of the limitations of SQL Server is that it only supports 4 processors (as you can see here ). That translates into 4 virtual processors if you run standard edition in a virtual machine. If there are more than four processors available
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You don’t have to install all of the full SQL Server client tools to get connectivity to SQL Server or analysis services. They have been broken up and are available individually for download as part of the SQL Server feature pack . For example you
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Both Standard and Enterprise editions of SQL Server come with a lot more than just a database engine, there’s also a suite of BI tools: Integration Services (SSIS) Reporting Services (SSRS) Analysis Services (SSAS) which you are also licensed to use on
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I recently got a comment on my blog complaining about all of the editions of SQL Server, so why don’t Microsoft just stick to one? SQL Server gets everywhere, from a smart phone to a data centre and now the cloud (with SQL Sever data services). If you
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Even if you work for Microsoft licensing can be complicated. I am pretty confident on what’s what with SQL Server, but I was in TV land yesterday at a large broadcaster, and they are looking to adopt Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 as a standard
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I get more and more questions about SQL Server running in a Virtual machine so here’s 3 FAQs to start with… 1. Is there Support for SQL Server on non Microsoft Virtualization platforms (e.g.VMWare)? The definitive document on the is here . In summary
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Along with particle physics and rail travel, software licensing is at the forefront of modern mathematics. I am not a rocket scientist so I have had a couple of issues in the past around licensing: At HM Customs I gave an application to another
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I was talking to one of our reseller partners about licensing for SQL Server at coffee at an event yesterday. He mentioned a bid he was involved in where a college was under the impression that SQL Server needed to be licensed for each core on the server.
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