{"id":120151,"date":"2022-11-22T15:58:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/?p=120151"},"modified":"2022-11-22T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T14:58:39","slug":"sql-server-2022-licensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/2022\/11\/22\/sql-server-2022-licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server 2022 licensing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There\u2019s a new SQL Server 2022 Licensing Guide (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3OeDYqT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3OeDYqT<\/a>) and Datasheet (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3V0dETI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3V0dETI<\/a>), and the Product Terms is also updated (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3prduoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3prduoo<\/a>) for SQL Server 2022. Here are the key licensing changes to be aware of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Licensing by virtual machine with Core licenses is now an SA\/Software Subscription benefit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When licensing by virtual machine a customer can run SQL Server in any number of containers in the virtual machine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Customers with active SA\/Software Subscriptions may now use Azure SQL Managed Instance as their preferred fail-over server option in Azure for disaster recovery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>SQL Server 2022 licenses with SA or purchased as Software Subscriptions are also eligible for the Flexible Virtualization Benefit, introduced in October 2022, enabling customers to use their licences with any Authorized Outsourcer\u2019s shared hardware. Find the Flexible Virtualization Benefit Licensing Guide here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3hGOJ9l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3hGOJ9l<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, there\u2019s the new PAYG option where customers can pay for SQL Server on a consumption basis from $0.1 per hour for a Standard Core, and $0.375 for an Enterprise Core for Azure Arc-enabled servers. Find out more about how that all works here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3Arq2UP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3Arq2UP<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a new SQL Server 2022 Licensing Guide (http:\/\/bit.ly\/3OeDYqT) and Datasheet (http:\/\/bit.ly\/3V0dETI), and the Product Terms is also updated (http:\/\/bit.ly\/3prduoo) for SQL Server 2022. Here are the key licensing changes to be aware of: SQL Server 2022 licenses with SA or purchased as Software Subscriptions are also eligible for the Flexible Virtualization Benefit, introduced in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1168,928,860,618,576,292,523,1102,1101,79,512,1157,1103,852,1008,145,160,1108,926,982,340],"class_list":["post-120151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-azure-arc","tag-azure-sql-managed-instance","tag-consumption","tag-containers","tag-core-licences","tag-datasheet","tag-disaster-recovery","tag-flexible-virtualization-benefit","tag-fvb","tag-licensing","tag-licensing-guide","tag-november-2022","tag-october-2022","tag-payg","tag-paygpay-as-you-go","tag-product-terms","tag-sa-benefits","tag-software-subscriptions","tag-sql-server-2022","tag-sql-server-enterprise-core-licences","tag-virtual-machines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SQL Server 2022 licensing - Licensing Lore &amp; Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/2022\/11\/22\/sql-server-2022-licensing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SQL Server 2022 licensing - Licensing Lore &amp; Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There\u2019s a new SQL Server 2022 Licensing Guide (http:\/\/bit.ly\/3OeDYqT) and Datasheet (http:\/\/bit.ly\/3V0dETI), and the Product Terms is also updated (http:\/\/bit.ly\/3prduoo) for SQL Server 2022. 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