Enterprise TechSQLWhat’s New in SQL Server 2016 Licensing June 1, 201610171 views0Share By IG ShareTable of ContentsNote: If you buy something from our links, we might earn a commission. See our disclosure statement. What’s New in SQL Server 2016 LicensingChannel Availability of SQL Server 2016 Licenses:What needs to be Licensed in SQL Server 2016Whats New in Licensing SQL in a Virtualized EnvironmentSQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance Licensing ChangesWhat’s New in SQL Server 2016 LicensingSQL Server 2016 has bought several new and improved features to the Database world, including new and improved Business Intelligence Capabilities (BI) with Mobile Reporting, Apps and Dashboards. With new releases comes new Licensing Rules. In this post, I am going to talk about What’s New in SQL Server 2016 Licensing.Cloud Enrollment for SQL Server 2016:Microsoft will provide more benefits to Enterprise Customers under EA (Enterprise Agreement) with flexibility to extend SQL to the Cloud, Pricing and other benefits. Licensing benefits are also extended to the following:ISV or Independent Software VendorsRoyalty Licensing ProgramSPLA for Service Providers and Web Hosting CompaniesChannel Availability of SQL Server 2016 Licenses: Source: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Licensing GuideThere are no Business Intelligence Edition of SQL Server 2016The legacy Business Intelligence Edition Users which was available in Server/CAL model would be upgraded to SQL Server Enterprise Edition on the same model with scalability limitations as marked below: Source: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Licensing GuideWhat needs to be Licensed in SQL Server 2016SQL Server 2016 introduces new and existing system components. There are no separate SKU’s for these components and if they are installed in different systems environments, all these environments needs to be licensed separately. Here are the list of components:SQL Server (DB) Database EngineWindows SQL Server R ServicesMaster Data Services (MDS)Data Quality Services (DQS)Tabular and Multi-Dimensional Analysis Services Data ModelsIntegration Services (IS)Reporting Services (RS)Reporting Services for SharePoint 2013 & 2016 (Add-On)SQL Server Additional Software’s does NOT require a license and some of these are re-distributable components. These are as follows:Client connectivity toolsSQL Server Books Online & Product documentationSoftware add-ins (MDS Excel Add-In, Visual Studio BI Templates etc.)Software Development Kits (SDKs)License Reassignment without SA benefits can be done every 90 Days.Whats New in Licensing SQL in a Virtualized EnvironmentSQL Server 2016 Standard Edition can only be licensed under the Core or Server/CAL method only for individual VM’s. A minimum of 4 Cores needs to be purchased for Core Licensing.You cannot License the Host Machine with a Standard LicenseEach Virtual Core (V-Core) will be assumed to be Hardware CPU core mapped and needs to be licensed.SA (Software Assurance) benefits needs to be purchased for License Mobility Rights. This is application to all editions of SQL Server.SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance Licensing ChangesMicrosoft has made the following Changes with SQL Server 2016 in PDWYou would need SQL Enterprise Edition Per Core licensing with Software Assurance (SA) coverage for deploying and running SQL Server PDW.You need to buy licenses for all the Processor Cores of the Servers available for compute. For example: Dual Socket 8 Core 2 Node Rack with require you to buy 32 Core Licenses.Download the Official Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Licensing Guide Here.Disclaimer: Please refer to the official documentation before going ahead with the purchase. Contact Microsoft Professional Support for any Doubts or your local Microsoft Partner. Affiliate Disclosure: Faceofit.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Share What's your reaction? Excited 0 Happy 0 In Love 0 Not Sure 0 Silly 0
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