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.
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Hi Guys,
I am going to start one new project as a freelancer. I want help to decide which version of SQL Server should I use. Either Sql Server 2012 Express Edition or Sql Server 2014 Developer Edition.
I can purchase Developer Edition as it is not costly.
The problem is Express edition don't have SQL Job Agent and on Microsoft Website it is said that Developer Edition cannot be used on production.
Please help me deciding what should I prefer.
Developer Edition can't be used in production, so that's a non-starter. That leaves you with a) Express, or b) springing for a better licence and buying Web edition. It really depends on what you want to use the agent for, if its just backups there are other tools available, but you will more than likely want to perform other maintenance tasks (history cleanup, reorganizing indexes etc)
Have you considered Windows Azure? You could set up a SQL Azure Database instance, which you could combine with Azure Automation to perform your jobs?
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Thank you
Update: I am aware of Edition Upgrade but does it work with going from DE to SE?