This edition includes all the features in the Standard edition and support for advanced BI features such as Power View and PowerPivot, but it lacks support for advanced availability features like AlwaysOn Availability Groups and other online operations.Įnterprise Evaluation − The SQL Server Evaluation Edition is a great way to get a fully functional and free instance of SQL Server for learning and developing solutions. The Datacenter edition has no memory limitation and offers support for more than 25 instances.īusiness Intelligence − Business Intelligence Edition is a new introduction in SQL Server 2012. The maximum size of the database is 4 GB.ĭatacenter − The major change in new SQL Server 2008 R2 is Datacenter Edition. It can utilize only 1 CPU and 1 GB memory, the maximum size of the database is 10 GB.Ĭompact − This is free embedded database for mobile application development. It can be easily upgraded to Enterprise without reinstallation.Įxpress − This is free entry level database. Web − This is designed for web applications.ĭeveloper − This is similar to Enterprise, but licensed to only one user for development, testing and demo. Workgroup − This is suitable for remote offices of a larger company. Standard − This has less features than Enterprise, when there is no requirement of advanced features.
This chapter lists the multiple editions with its features.Įnterprise − This is the top-end edition with a full feature set. SQL Server is available in various editions.
To install different versions in one machine.50 instances will supported in 2005 and later versions.