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Who is Using Standard Edition?
Season 11 · Episode 66

Who is Using Standard Edition?

Voice of the DBA

August 14, 20251m 52s

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Show Notes

For many years, most of the SQL Server installations I managed or deployed to were Standard Edition. Even in large companies that had agreements with Microsoft, since each instance had a cost (even at a discount), we were careful about where we installed Enterprise Edition.

These days with Microsoft wanting to charge everyone for every core, it makes sense to use Standard Edition wherever you can.

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