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Hello,
From the Microsoft Volume Licensing Center, I downloaded both Server/Cal and PerCore SQL Server 2022 Standard Edition download (ISO) files and placed them in separate folders, not realizing they were saved with the same name.
A coworker installed SQL from one of those two folders but cannot recall which one it is. We are now unable to tell which licensing model we are using in the installed SQL Server, since my co worker does not remember from which folder he ran the installation file (and both files have the same name). We need to know which licensing type is being used so we can report it properly to Microsoft.
How can we tell which licensing type our SQL Server installation is using? I've done extensive research and could not find a way to determine this.
Thanks in advance!
Bela
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Hi @Bela de Souza,
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Thanks for your understanding!
You can run SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('LicenseType') - and you will find that it returns DISABLED. Or as the documentation says:
Unused. License information is not preserved or maintained by the SQL Server product. Always returns DISABLED.
I don't know why there are different ISO, but I believe you should be able to report the one you want to use. The license is a paper-matter only.
Thank you @Erland Sommarskog
Hi @Bela de Souza,
Thanks for your information. Here is an issue similar to yours: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4099453/how-do-i-find-out-what-license-has-been-applied-to-my-sql-server-installation.
Hope this article can help you understand the property information to be returned for the server.
Best regards,
Lucy Chen
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Thank you @Anonymous but the issue you shared doesn't apply to SQL Server 2022.
Thank you @LucyChen-MSFT but the issue you shared doesn't apply to SQL Server 2022.
David Browne's answer at the bottom of the StackOverflow thread still applies.
If you have question about the legal ramifications, you cannot get an authoritative answer here, as this is a technical forum. See this thread for places where you can ask.
Thank you @Erland Sommarskog his answer seems to be implying the use to PerCore license, since a Server/Cal would need only one license. Are you saying that we just need to notify to Microsoft which licensing model we intend to use, and that the ISO utilized has no relevance whatsoever?
That is my assumption, but as I said, this is not the place to get authoritative answers to legal matters.