Query and analyze your data using industry-leading performance and security.<hr><h2>How to License SQL Server Enterprise</h2><h2><a href="https://trustedtechteam.co.uk/collections/microsoft-sql-server/sql-coremodel">PER CORE:</a></h2>Gives a more precise measurement of computing power and a more consistent metric, regardless of whether solutions are deployed on physical servers, on-premises, or in virtual/cloud environments.Core-based licensing is appropriate when customers are unable to count users/devices, have Internet/Extranet workloads, or have systems that integrate with external-facing workloads.To license a physical server—when running SQL Server in a physical OSE—all physical cores on the server must be licensed.A minimum of four core licenses are required for each physical processor on the server.<img src="https://elite.charity/assets/source/ef/sql_server_2.webp" alt="SQL Server 2025 Enterprise" data-external="true"><hr><h2>SQL Server Features: Standard vs. Enterprise</h2><table><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">SQL Server Features</th><th>Standard</th><th>Enterprise</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">

Maximum memory utilized per instance</td><td>128 GB</td><td>OS Max</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Maximum size</td><td>524 PB</td><td>524 PB</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">Intelligence over all your data</td><td colspan="2">

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Data virtualization using PolyBase (including additional data sources like Oracle, Teradata, MongoDB, and other SQL Server databases)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Unified AI platform to train and operationalize models with SQL Server ML Services</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Azure Machine Learning and Spark ML</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Choice of language and platform</td><td colspan="2">

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">UTF-8 Support</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Support for SQL Server Java extension</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="8">Industry-leading performance and availability</td><td colspan="2">

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Intelligent Query processing: Scalar UDF inlining, table variable deferred compilation, approximate count distinct</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Intelligent Query processing features: row mode memory grant feedback, a batch mode for row store, and automatic tuning</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Automatic read-write connection re-routing</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">In-Memory Database: memory-optimized tempdb</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">In-Memory Database: Persistent Memory support</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Accelerated Database recovery</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Support for Kubernetes deployment</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">Secure and reliable</td><td colspan="2">

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Transparent database encryption</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Data classification and auditing</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Vulnerability assessment</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Quick business insights</td><td colspan="2">

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">SQL Server Analysis Services Direct Query</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><hr>Microsoft SQL Server has been one of the premier leaders in database technology for years. The latest offering, available as a SQL Server 2022 Enterprise download, continues to uphold this reputation.Take your data further with this two-core license of Microsoft SQL Server, complete with Software Assurance from Microsoft. (Note that Microsoft software licensing terms require a minimum of four cores to be licensed with the core model.)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">SQL Server Analysis Services Direct Query</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><hr>Microsoft SQL Server has been one of the premier leaders in database technology for years. The latest offering, available as a SQL Server 2022 Enterprise download, continues to uphold this reputation.