Re: Additional instances and licensing...

That quote made me think we do not need additional licenses for multiple instances of SQL Server on the same machine.

However, take a look at this one:
"A Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition license entitles you to install multiple instances of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services on a single computer. Other editions of SQL Server 2005 require a separate license for each instance. For complete details, refer to the licensing agreement packaged with your product."

Source: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144288.aspx

And

"Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise editions of SQL Server 2005 now allow for unlimited instances within each virtual or physical operating environment. Previously, only the Enterprise Edition of the Server license allowed multi-instancing. This is a great incentive for customers to adopt the Server/Client Access License (CAL) model. For Workgroup and Standard, each virtual or physical operating environment containing a running instance of SQL Server requires a Server license. For Enterprise Edition, each physical operating environment containing a running instance of SQL Server requires a Server license and no separate licenses are needed for SQL Server instances running in virtual operating environments on the same machine."

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/multipleinstances.mspx

Tomorrow I'll be going to Berlin for the MCT Summit 2008 and I'll ask about all this license stuff to the Microsoft staff there.

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"Kevin3NF" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:umAG7WFVIHA.748@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is that a change from the SQL 2000 licensing model? I think it is...

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"Ekrem Önsoy" <ekrem@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BE84FE78-5DEB-42BE-852B-1DA59A839115@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

You do not need additional licenses for multiple instances. You may want to take a look at the following quote by Microsoft:

Q. How does licensing work with the multi-instance feature in SQL Server 2005?
A. You can run multiple instances of SQL Server 2005 on a single computer. Multiple instances are used by organizations that have several applications running on a server but want them to run in isolation so that any problem in one instance will not affect the other instances. In SQL Server 2005, you can now run multiple instances with the Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise editions when they are licensed server/CAL or on a per-processor basis.

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"Fuel451" <Fuel451@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:FF26D96C-5FD6-4D99-ACD3-CC29F946E104@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
nWhile discussing the use of multiple instances of SQL 2005 on a sigle
server, the question of licensing came up. Does multiple instances of SQL
2005 require multiple/additional licenses?




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