Microsoft SQL Server
Platforms
SQL Server 2017, released in 2017, adds Linux support for these Linux platforms: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Ubuntu & Docker Engine.[1]
Editions
- Express: freely downloadable and distributable
- Standard: includes High Availability 2-node failover cluster
- Web: under the Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA)
- Enterprise: In-memory ColumnStore, In-memory OLTP, AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
- Developer edition: SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition is a fully featured version of SQL Server software—including all of the features and capabilities of Enterprise Edition—licensed for development, test, and demonstration purposes only. Since 2016 is available for download from the Microsoft Dev Essentials program.
- Evaluation Edition is a fully functional trial version of SQL Server 2016 software that automatically expires after 180 days.
- SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse
Versions
Licensing
- Server+CAL
- Per Core
Cloud Services
Upgrade from SQL Server Express 2016
If you upgraded from SQL Server Express, you must perform additional steps before you can use your upgraded instance of SQL Server:
- Enable the SQL Server Agent service in Windows SCM.
- Provision the SQL Server Agent service account by using SQL Server Configuration Manager
Activities
- Read about transation logs recommendations: https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2014/02/back-transaction-logs-every-minute-yes-really/
- Read Microsoft SQL Server License guide https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/C/6/9C6EB70A-8D52-48F4-9F04-08970411B7A3/SQL_Server_2016_Licensing_Guide_EN_US.pdf
- Read how to change your license: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/how-to-change-sql-server-license-or-product-key
Start->Programs ->Microsoft SQL Server 2016-> SQL Server Installation Center
- Download and use SQL Server Management Studio
See also
- Databases: Database management, SQL, NoSQL, Wide column, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, Derby DB, MongoDB, Cassandra, SQLite, HSQL2, H2, RocksDB, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, Oracle Database, Memcached, Berkeley DB, Collation, SingleStore, Amazon Aurora, Graph database, Amazon DynamoDB, PrestoDB, Cache hit ratio, ACID, WAL, ARIES, DBMS, OLTP, OLAP, Database Schema, CockroachDB, Tables, Views, Apache Druid, RDMS
- Microsoft, Azure, Windows, Encarta, Satya Nadella, SCOM, Bill Gates, Steve Balmer, Kevin Scott, Microsoft Surface, Surface Go 2, Skype, Microsoft Surface Headphones 2, MCITP, Microsoft Defender, Teams, Microsoft Edge, OneNote, Microsoft Malware Engine, Microsoft Defender
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