SQL Server Developer Edition is free for development and testing, not for production. Here are the official download links for every supported version, SQL Server 2017 to SQL Server 2025, with the licensing pages and support end dates. You also get a quick query to check which edition a server runs.
SQL Server Maintenance Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Your Server Running Smoothly
This comprehensive guide explore into some essential maintenance techniques and best practices to ensure your SQL Server deployment.
SQL SERVER – Fix Error 8632 – Internal Error: An expression Services Limit Has Been Reached
When we tried to run a few of their stored procedure. How we can fix Error 8632 – Internal Error: An expression Services Limit Has Been Reached.
Performance Regression After a SQL Server Upgrade: First Aid
A performance regression after an upgrade hurts most when users are waiting. This post shows a first-aid switch that brings back the old row estimates without lowering the compatibility level, and proves with a demo what changes and what stays. It also covers the undo, the per-query options and the steps that find the real cause.
SQL SERVER – Upgrade Failure – There are No More Endpoints Available From the Endpoint Mapper
When my client was trying to patch the other node, it failed with an error – There are No More Endpoints Available From The Endpoint Mapper
SQL SERVER – Upgrade Rule Failure Error: No Custom Security Extensions
Let us learn about upgrade the rule failure error in this blog post and learn how we can fix the error. Locate RSReportServer.config
SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error: The Specified Service Does Not Exist as an Installed Service
An upgrade from SQL Server 2008 R2 to 2014 failed after the product key step with: the specified service does not exist. Here is the fix.