Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2012
This topic provides details of features supported by the different editions of SQL Server 2012.
Note
SQL Server is available in an Evaluation edition for a 180-day trial period. For more information, see the SQL Server Trial Software Web Site.
Note
For features supported by Evaluation and Developer editions see the SQL Server Enterprise feature set.
Cross-Box Scale Limits
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maximum Compute Capacity Used by a Single Instance (SQL Server Database Engine)1 |
Operating System maximum |
Limited to lesser of 4 Sockets or 16 cores |
Limited to lesser of 4 Sockets or 16 cores |
Limited to lesser of 4 Sockets or 16 cores |
Limited to lesser of 1 Socket or 4 cores |
Limited to lesser of 1 Socket or 4 cores |
Limited to lesser of 1 Socket or 4 cores |
Maximum Compute Capacity Used by a Single Instance (Analysis Services, Reporting Services) 1 |
Operating system maximum |
Operating system maximum |
Limited to lesser of 4 Sockets or 16 cores |
Limited to lesser of 4 Sockets or 16 cores |
Limited to lesser of 1 Socket or 4 cores |
Limited to lesser of 1 Socket or 4 cores |
Limited to lesser of 1 Socket or 4 cores |
Maximum memory utilized (per instance of SQL Server Database Engine) |
Operating system maximum |
64 GB |
64 GB |
64 GB |
1 GB |
1 GB |
1 GB |
Maximum memory utilized (per instance of Analysis Services) |
Operating system maximum |
Operating system maximum |
64 GB |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum memory utilized (per instance of Reporting Services) |
Operating system maximum |
Operating system maximum |
64 GB |
64 GB |
4 GB |
N/A |
N/A |
Maximum relational Database size |
524 PB |
524 PB |
524 PB |
524 PB |
10 GB |
10 GB |
10 GB |
1 Enterprise Edition with Server + Client Access License (CAL) based licensing (not available for new agreements) is limited to a maximum of 20 cores per SQL Server instance. For more information, see Compute Capacity Limits by Edition of SQL Server.
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High Availability
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Server Core support1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Log Shipping |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Database mirroring |
Yes |
Yes (Safety Full Only) |
Yes (Safety Full Only) |
Witness only |
Witness only |
Witness only |
Witness only |
AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances |
Yes (Node support: Operating system maximum |
Yes (Node support: 2) |
Yes (Node support: 2) |
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Backup compression |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Database snapshot |
Yes |
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AlwaysOn Availability Groups |
Yes |
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Connection Director |
Yes |
||||||
Online page and file restore |
Yes |
||||||
Online indexing |
Yes |
||||||
Online schema change |
Yes |
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Fast recovery |
Yes |
||||||
Mirrored backups |
Yes |
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Hot Add Memory and CPU2 |
Yes |
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Database Recovery Advisor |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1For more information on installing SQL Server 2012 on Server Core, see Install SQL Server 2012 on Server Core.
2This feature is only available for 64-bit SQL Server.
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Scalability and Performance
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Multi-instance support |
50 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
Table and index partitioning |
Yes |
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Data compression |
Yes |
||||||
Resource Governor |
Yes |
||||||
Partition Table Parallelism |
Yes |
||||||
Multiple Filestream containers |
Yes |
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Security
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic Auditing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Fine Grained Auditing |
Yes |
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Transparent database encryption |
Yes |
||||||
Extensible Key Management |
Yes |
||||||
User-Defined Roles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Contained Databases |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Replication
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SQL Server change tracking |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Merge replication |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Transactional replication |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Snapshot replication |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Subscriber only |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Yes (Subscriber only) |
Heterogeneous subscribers |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Oracle publishing |
Yes |
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Peer to Peer transactional replication |
Yes |
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Management Tools
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SQL Management Objects (SMO) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SQL Configuration Manager |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SQL CMD (Command Prompt tool) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SQL Server Management Studio |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Distributed Replay – Admin Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Distributed Replay - Client |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Distributed Replay - Controller |
Yes (Enterprise supports up to 16 clients, Developer supports only 1 client) |
No |
Yes (1 client support only) |
Yes (1 client support only) |
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SQL Profiler |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No2 |
No2 |
No2 |
No2 |
SQL Server Agent |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Management Pack |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes3 |
Yes3 |
2 SQL Server Web, SQL Server Express, SQL Server Express with Tools, and SQL Server Express with Advanced Services can be profiled using SQL Server Standard and SQL Server Enterprise editions.
3 Tuning enabled only on Standard edition features.
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RDBMS Manageability
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
User Instances |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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LocalDB |
Yes |
Yes |
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Dedicated admin connection |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (under trace flag) |
Yes (under trace flag) |
Yes (under trace flag) |
PowerShell scripting support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SysPrep support1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Support for Data-tier application component operations – extract, deploy, upgrade, delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Policy automation (check on schedule and change) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Performance data collector |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
Able to enroll as a managed instance in a multi-instance management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Standard performance reports |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Plan guides and plan freezing for plan guides |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Direct query of indexed views (using NOEXPAND hint) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Automatic indexed view maintenance |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Distributed partitioned views |
Yes |
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable |
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable |
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable |
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable |
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable |
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable |
Parallel indexed operations |
Yes |
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Automatic use of indexed view by query optimizer |
Yes |
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Parallel consistency check |
Yes |
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SQL Server Utility control point |
Yes |
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Contained Databases |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1 SysPrep is supported for stand-alone instances of Database Engine and Reporting Services. For more information, see Considerations for Installing SQL Server Using SysPrep.
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Development Tools
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft Visual Studio Integration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Intellisense (Transact-SQL and MDX) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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SQL query edit and design tools1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Version control support1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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MDX edit, debug, and design tools1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1 This feature is not available for 64-bit version of Standard edition.
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Programmability
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Common Language Runtime (CLR) Integration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Native XML support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
XML indexing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
MERGE & UPSERT Capabilities |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
FILESTREAM support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
FileTable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Date and Time datatypes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Internationalization support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Full-text and semantic search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Specification of language in query |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Service Broker (messaging) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No (Client only) |
No (Client only) |
No (Client only) |
No (Client only) |
Web services (HTTP/SOAP endpoints) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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TSQL endpoints |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Integration Services
Feature |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SQL Server Import and Export Wizard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in data source connectors |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SSIS designer and runtime |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Basic Transforms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Basic data profiling tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Change Data Capture Service for Oracle by Attunity |
Yes |
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Change Data Capture Designer for Oracle by Attunity |
Yes |
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Integration Services - Advanced Adapters
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High performance Oracle destination |
Yes |
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High performance Teradata destination |
Yes |
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SAP BW source and destination |
Yes |
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Data mining model training destination adapter |
Yes |
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Dimension processing destination adapter |
Yes |
||||||
Partition processing destination adapter |
Yes |
||||||
Change Data Capture components by Attunity |
Yes |
||||||
Connector for Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) by Attunity |
Yes |
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Integration Services - Advanced Transforms
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persistent (high performance) lookups |
Yes |
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Data mining query transformation |
Yes |
||||||
Fuzzy grouping and lookup transformations |
Yes |
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Term extractions and lookup transformations |
Yes |
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Master Data Services
Note
- Master Data Services is available on the 64-bit editions of Business Intelligence and Enterprise only.
Feature |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Master Data Services database |
Yes |
Yes |
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Master Data Manager web application |
Yes |
Yes |
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Data Warehouse
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Create cubes without a database |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Auto-generate staging and data warehouse schema |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Change data capture |
Yes |
||||||
Star join query optimizations |
Yes |
||||||
Scalable read-only Analysis Services configuration |
Yes |
||||||
Parallel query processing on partitioned tables and indices |
Yes |
||||||
xVelocity memory optimized columnstore indexes |
Yes |
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Analysis Services
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scalable Shared Databases (Attach/Detach, Read only databases) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Backup/Restore, Attach/Detach databases |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Synchronize databases |
Yes |
Yes |
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High Availability |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Programmability (AMO, ADOMD.Net, OLEDB, XML/A, ASSL) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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BI Semantic Model (Multidimensional)
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Semi-additive Measures |
Yes |
Yes |
No1 |
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Hierarchies |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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KPIs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Perspectives |
Yes |
Yes |
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Actions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Account intelligence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Time Intelligence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Custom rollups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Writeback cube |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Writeback dimensions |
Yes |
Yes |
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Writeback cells |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Drillthrough |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Advanced hierarchy types (Parent-Child, Ragged Hiearchies) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Advanced dimensions (Reference dimensions, many-to-many dimensions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Linked measures and dimensions |
Yes |
Yes |
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Translations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Aggregations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Multiple Partitions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, up to 3 |
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Proactive Caching |
Yes |
Yes |
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Custom Assemblies (stored procs) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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MDX queries and scripts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Role-based security model |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Dimension and Cell-level Security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Scalable string storage |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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MOLAP, ROLAP, HOLAP storage modes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Binary and compressed XML transport |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Push-mode processing |
Yes |
Yes |
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Measure Expressions |
Yes |
Yes |
1The LastChild semi-additive measure is supported in standard edition, but other semi-additive measures, such as None, FirstChild, FirstNonEmpty, LastNonEmpty, AverageOfChildren, and ByAccount, are not. Additive measures, such as Sum, Count, Min, Max, and non-additive measures (DistinctCount) are supported on all editions.
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BI Semantic Model (Tabular)
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hierarchies |
Yes |
Yes |
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KPIs |
Yes |
Yes |
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Perspectives |
Yes |
Yes |
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DAX calculations, DAX queries, MDX queries |
Yes |
Yes |
|||||
Row-level Security |
Yes |
Yes |
|||||
Partitions |
Yes |
Yes |
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In-Memory and DirectQuery storage modes (Tabular only) |
Yes |
Yes |
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PowerPivot for SharePoint
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SharePoint farm integration based on shared service architecture |
Yes |
Yes |
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Usage reporting |
Yes |
Yes |
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Health monitoring rules |
Yes |
Yes |
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PowerPivot Gallery |
Yes |
Yes |
|||||
PowerPivot Data Refresh |
Yes |
Yes |
|||||
PowerPivot Data Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
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Data Mining
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard Algorithms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Data Mining Tools (Wizards, Editors Query Builders) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Cross Validation |
Yes |
Yes |
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Models on Filtered Subsets of Mining Structure Data |
Yes |
Yes |
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Time Series: Custom Blending Between ARTXP and ARIMA Methods |
Yes |
Yes |
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Time Series: Prediction with New Data |
Yes |
Yes |
|||||
Unlimited Concurrent DM Queries |
Yes |
Yes |
|||||
Advanced Configuration & Tuning Options for Data Mining Algorithms |
Yes |
Yes |
|||||
Support for plug-in algorithms |
Yes |
Yes |
|||||
Parallel Model Processing |
Yes |
Yes |
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Time Series: Cross-Series Prediction |
Yes |
Yes |
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Unlimited attributes for Association Rules |
Yes |
Yes |
|||||
Sequence Prediction |
Yes |
Yes |
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Multiple Prediction Targets for Naïve Bayes, Neural Network and Logistic Regression |
Yes |
Yes |
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Reporting Services
Reporting Services Features
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Supported catalog DB SQL Server edition |
Standard or higher |
Standard or higher |
Standard or higher |
Web |
Express |
||
Supported data source SQL Server edition |
All SQL Server editions |
All SQL Server editions |
All SQL Server editions |
Web |
Express |
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Report server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Report Designer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Report Manager |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Role based security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Word Export and Rich Text Support1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Enhanced gauges and charting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Export to Excel, PDF, Images, and Atom compliant data feeds2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Client-side printing using the RSClientPrint control. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Rendering to interactive HTML. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Custom authentication |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Report as data feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Model support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Create custom roles for role-based security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||||
Model Item security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||||
Infinite click through |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||||
Shared component library |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Email and file share subscriptions and scheduling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Report history, execution snapshots and caching |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||||
SharePoint Integration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Remote and non-SQL data source support3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Data source, delivery and rendering, RDCE extensibility |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||||
Data driven report subscription |
Yes |
Yes |
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Scale out deployment (Web farms) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Alerting4 |
Yes |
Yes |
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Power View4 |
Yes |
Yes |
1Exporting to XML is not supported in SQL Server Express with Advanced Services.
2Exporting to images and CSV is not supported in SQL Server Express with Advanced Services.
3For more information on the supported datasources in SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services (SSRS), see Data Sources Supported by Reporting Services (SSRS).
4Requires Reporting Services in SharePoint mode. For more information, see Installing Reporting Services SharePoint Mode Report Server for Power View and Data Alerting.
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Report Server Database Server Edition Requirements
When creating a report server database, not all editions of SQL Server can be used to host the database. The following table shows you which editions of the Database Engine you can use for specific editions of Reporting Services.
For this edition of SQL Server Reporting Services |
Use this edition of the Database Engine instance to host the database |
|---|---|
Enterprise |
Standard, Business Intelligence Enterprise, editions (local or remote) |
Business Intelligence |
Standard, Business Intelligence Enterprise, editions (local or remote) |
Standard |
Standard, Enterprise editions (local or remote) |
Web |
Web edition (local only) |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Advanced Services (local only). |
Evaluation |
Evaluation |
Business Intelligence Clients
The following software client applications are available on the Microsoft Downloads center and are provided to assist you with creating business intelligence documents that run on a SQL Server instance. When you host these documents in a server environment, use an edition of SQL Server that is supported for that document type. The following table identifies which SQL Server edition contains the server features required to host the documents created in these client applications.
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Report Builder |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Data Mining Addins for Excel and Visio 2010 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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PowerPivot for Excel 2010 |
Yes |
Yes |
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Master Data Services Add-in for Excel |
Yes |
Yes |
Note
- PowerPivot for Excel is an Excel addin and does not depend on SQL Server. However PowerPivot for SharePoint is required for sharing and collaborating with PowerPivot workbooks in SharePoint and this capability is available as part of SQL Server Enterprise and Business Intelligence editions.
- The above table identifies the SQL Server editions that are required to enable these client tools; however these features can access data hosted on any edition of SQL Server.
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Spatial and Location Services
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spatial indexes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Planar and Geodetic datatypes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Advanced spatial libraries |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Import/export of industry-standard spatial data formats |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Additional Database Services
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SQL Server Migration Assistant |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Database mail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Other Components
Feature Name |
Enterprise |
Business Intelligence |
Standard |
Web |
Express with Advanced Services |
Express with Tools |
Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Data Quality Services |
Yes |
Yes |
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StreamInsight |
StreamInsight Premium Edition |
StreamInsight Standard Edition |
StreamInsight Standard Edition |
StreamInsight Standard Edition |
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StreamInsight HA |
StreamInsight Premium Edition |
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See Also
Concepts
Installation for SQL Server 2012
Quick-Start Installation of SQL Server 2012