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Question

We have a data migration project in which Access is used to stage data between source and target. Due to complexity of some of the required transformation, it was suggested to load it into SQL server instead apply transformation then produce excel or csv files to load it into the target test environment and eventually to the production one. Only one developer will be using this staging database and for a short and limited couple of months. Will Developer license allow for this scenario or not?

Answer 1

Hi @Matt Ramsey ,

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This is a License issue. For detailed information about the license issue, you can call 1-800-426-9400, Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (Pacific Time) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing specialist. Or you can go to Volume Licensing Service Center support. Please choose region/language and choose to call or have web.

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Seeya

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Answer 2

My gut feeling is no, it is not. But this a technical forum and us techies are utterly poor at legal stuff. For an authoritative answer, please contact your local representative. There is also a number you can call to talk with a licensing expert, which you can find if you check this forum for other licensing questions. (They all get the same answer, more or less.)

What amount of data are we talking about? If you can fit into a 10 GB database, you can use Express Edition, which is free and licensed for production usage.