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Microsoft resources: SQL Server 2025

Here’s a list of SQL Server 2025 resources from Microsoft all in one place. Many licensing resources found below are now updated on Microsoft’s Licensing Guidance website. You can view the history of these pages by searching our captured PDF Licensing Guides in the Licensing Guides Gallery. The rating column reflects our opinion of how useful the documents or websites are:

Date	Resource	Overview	Pages	Rating
N/A	SQL Server 2025 Licensing Guidance website	Less complete than the SQL Server 2022 PDF version, and while it still contains nice detail, there’s some outdated information about the Reporting Services	N/A	★★★★
N/A	Product Terms website for traditional licenses	Most of the useful licensing terms on one page, to be used with some caution	N/A	★★★★
N/A	Product Terms website for the Software Subscription licenses	Useful information relevant to SQL Server Software Subscriptions, supplementing the main Product Terms website	N/A	★★★★
November 2025	SQL Server 2025 Editions Datasheet	A very handy side-by-side comparison of the editions	3	★★★
N/A	Introduction to Microsoft Core Licensing Models Licensing Guidance website	A quick reference point covering all of Microsoft’s Per Core-licensed products	N/A	★★★
N/A	Licensing Microsoft Server Products for Use in Virtual Environments Licensing Guide	Covers pretty much all of Microsoft’s server products so it’s a website for an overview rather than the detail	N/A	★★★
N/A	Azure Hybrid Benefit website	The landing page to learn more about bringing eligible SQL Server licenses to Azure	N/A	★★★
N/A	Product Terms website for the Azure Hybrid Benefit	All the rules for using SQL Server licenses in Azure	N/A	★★
November 2025	SQL Server 2025 Pricing Datasheet	Pricing information for the different editions and licensing options, but very scarce on actual licensing detail	1	★★

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Microsoft resources: SQL Server 2025