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Production vs Non-Production Environment for SQL Enterprise Editions

Duarte, Ivo 1 Reputation point
2020-11-26T20:17:44.103+00:00

I have requests from developers to have a VM with SQL Enterprise instead of Developer edition.
For a non-production environment does SQL Enterprise require licensing?

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  1. CathyJi-MSFT 22,396 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2020-11-27T01:50:20+00:00

    Hi @Duarte, Ivo ,

    > For a non-production environment does SQL Enterprise require licensing?

    Yes, if you want to use SQL server Enterprise edition, you must buy SQL server enterprise license. No matter if it is used in production or non-production environment.

    But SQL Server Developer edition lets developers build any kind of application on top of SQL Server. It includes all the functionality of Enterprise edition, but is licensed for use as a development and test system, not as a production server. SQL Server Developer is an ideal choice for people who build and test applications in non-product environment.

    Please refer to MS document SQL Server editions.

    Best regards，
    Cathy

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  2. Erland Sommarskog 121.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-11-26T22:23:59.197+00:00

    I would assume it does, but why do the devs want Enterprise Edition? Developer Edition has exactly the same feature set as Enterprise. Well, apparently there is exactly one missing, but is it really that one they are asking for.

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