Comments on: SQLAuthority News – SQL SERVER 2008 R2 Pricing http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/08/sql-server-2008-r2-pricing/ SQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Big Data and NoSQL Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:01:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Heather http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/08/sql-server-2008-r2-pricing/#comment-63348 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:16:55 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=8119#comment-63348 Well, the real question is going to be the SQL transition paths for those that have Software Assurance. Under the current 2008 SQL licening for Enterprise, if you license the physical processors you get unlimited instances of the s/w. However, in the R2 Enterprise is limited to “up to 25″ and DataCenter now holds the unlimited instances.

So, inquiring minds *really* want to know for budget reasons –

If a customer currently has SQL Server Enterprise w/ SA will they be transitioned to SQL Server 2008 R2 DataCenter or will they have to purchase the Step Up SKU?

Any documentation you can find on this would be helpful as well.

Thanks,
H

]]> By: Sonal http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/08/sql-server-2008-r2-pricing/#comment-62535 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:19:45 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=8119#comment-62535 Ramdas ,

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After using Bing I found following resource that explain Software Assurance.

http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/default.aspx

Sonal

]]> By: Ramdas http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/08/sql-server-2008-r2-pricing/#comment-62416 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:53:45 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=8119#comment-62416 SQL Server 2008 R2 has lot of good features coming down the pipe.

]]> By: Ramdas http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/08/sql-server-2008-r2-pricing/#comment-62415 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:52:56 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=8119#comment-62415 Hi Sonal,

Software Assurance (SwA) is defined as “the level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at anytime during its lifecycle, and that the software functions in the intended manner.”
You can look this up in software engineering books/resources on google.
Ramdas

]]> By: Sonal http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/08/sql-server-2008-r2-pricing/#comment-62406 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:50:49 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=8119#comment-62406 Sir,

What is Software Assurance?

Thanks

Sonal

]]> By: Scott http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/08/sql-server-2008-r2-pricing/#comment-62355 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:32:38 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=8119#comment-62355 Per physical processor or per processor core?

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