my DBA college have wrongly installed SQL Server 2016 Standard instead of SQL Server 2016 Developer edition. I took some time to google this situation and haven't found real-life experiences with the edition upgrade.
I know that Edition upgrade can be performed but I am wondering about the impact made on this instance. Any tips will be appreciated.
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The question comes as the Express version has a cap of 10 gb which my database is over. If the SQL Server Developer edition only allows certain amount of connections, would have a Windows server on another machine allow this to count as only 1 connection. If anyone has experience with a similar setup and can tell me about the experience. Looking to understand the cost of $4000 for SQL Server Standard version to the Developer version which seems to be have more features.
Literally answering your question, you can run SQL Server Developer Edition on a production server, however you should not. You will be in violation of Microsoft's Licensing terms:
SQL Server Developer Edition
SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition is a
fully featured version of SQL Server software—including all the
features and capabilities of Enterprise Edition—licensed for
development, test and demonstration purposes only. SQL Server
Developer Edition may not be used in a production environment or with
commercial data. Any test data that was used for design, development
or test purposes must be removed prior to deploying the software for
production use.
Get the whole story At Microsoft's SQL Server Website
We're running TFS 2015. I'd like to upgrade us to TFS 2018. Searching on the 'net I've learned that TFS 2018 requires SQL Server 2016. What I don't know is if it requires SQL Server 2016 Standard Edition or SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition. Which is it?
It can use both.
It will detect if you have Enterprise and use some Enterprise features if you have it.
Few more details at: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2712111/disabling-sql-server-data-compression-in-tfs-databases
We are working on a project migration from SQL Server 2008 R2 to SQL Server 2012. When we contacted the customer they have asked us to list us the advanced features in SQL Server 2012. The customer system is in Enterprise Edition. But the development environment is in Standard Edition.
When we were trying to apply many new features like Columnstore Index, it says this can be applied only on Enterprise Edition. Can you please help me to list out such features in SQL Server 2012?
Thank you very much in advance.
This page is a really good breakdown of the key differences between Standard and Enterprise editions. Also, rather than using Standard Edition, use the Developer Edition to develop in - it's free to use, and contains the same features as Enterprise Edition.
How can one upgrade from Developer edition to Standard edition without uninstalling/re-installing the entire software (currently have SQL Server 2012 SP1 Developer Edition installed) or is it not possible to do?
Thank you
Update: I am aware of Edition Upgrade but does it work with going from DE to SE?
I initially install SQL Server 2012 Express and recently upgraded to SQL Server 2012 Standard edition.
Now I need to upgrade SSMS since the Express edition does not have the Database Engine Tuning Advisor.
I tried different options in setup of Standard edition, but nothing helped, I am still missing Database Engine Tuning Advisor.
Regards,