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There are two Enterprises listed, and it’s not really clear what the differences are between the two. But let’s say you didn’t know that, and you waltzed over to the download page. The plain Enterprise one is limited to just 20 CPU cores. (Read more about licensing changes in this article. When you’re downloading SQL Server, it’s important to choose Enterprise Core, not Enterprise. According to Microsoft, "for SQL Server Enterprise Edition when licensed under Server + CAL, a single instance cannot use more than 20 cores." The company is currently working on enhancing its Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit to make it easier for organizations to estimate the licensing changes, according to Tom Bartlett, director of SQL Server pricing and licensing, at a SQL Server 2012 workshop event held last month. The licensing limits are 16 cores for the BI and Standard editions. For this release, the Datacenter edition was dropped  many of its licensing benefits were rolled into the Enterprise edition.Īs with other products, Microsoft is changing the licensing basis from processors to cores, based on a minimum of four cores per processor. SQL Server 2012 will be available in three editions: Enterprise, Business Intelligence, and Standard. In a telephone interview, Doug Leland, general manager of Microsoft's business platform marketing group, said the "general availability" product release is set for April 1. The Datacenter Edition has also been retired, with all capabilities now available in SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition. SQL Server 2012 has reached its release-to-manufacturing milestone and is available for download and testing as an evaluation version. With the release of SQL Server 2012, the Workgroup and Small Business editions have been retired, and the Web Edition is now available only under a Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA). SQL Server 2012 Available for Download, Evaluation