Navigating SQL Server Licensing - It's more complicated than you realize.

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It’s more complicated than you think.
Dan Ortman
Navigating SQL Server Licensing

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Who is this guy?
• Microsoft Advisory Services Practice Lead, US
• 12+ Years CIO / IT Director
• 5+ Years Consulting
Dan Ortman

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Agenda Physical vs Virtual
SQL Licensing Basics High Availability Licensing
SQL 2016 Licensing
Updates
SoftwareONE SQL
Advisory
SQL Architecture
Licensing Implications
WHAT’S INSIDE?
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SQL Licensing Basics

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SQL Version and Edition Licensing Complexity
Datacenter
Enterprise
Workgroup
Standard
Small Business
Enterprise Edition
Business
Intelligence
Standard Edition
Enterprise Edition
Business
Intelligence
Standard Edition
Enterprise
Edition
Standard
Edition
2014
2016
Each version has its own set of product rights….

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Enterprise
Highly available mission-critical apps,
enterprise-scale data warehousing,
end-to-end mobile BI and advanced analytics
Licensing changes in 2016
Enterprise
Mission critical apps, large-scale data warehousing
Business Intelligence
Premium corporate and self-service BI
Standard
Basic database, reporting and analytics
Express
Easy to get started—free to use
SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2016 SP1
Standard
Fully-featured database for modern,
mid-tier applications and data marts
Express
Lightweight applications—free to use
Developer
Fully-featured SQL Server
Developer
For non production workloads. Now free to use —get it at Dev
Essentials

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Pricing & licensing with details for Standard & BI
SQL Server 2014 SP1 SQL Server 2016 SP1 Net Change
PricingandLicensing
Pricing
• Standard Per-Core and Server + CAL
• Enterprise Per-Core
• Standard Per-Core and Server + CAL
• Enterprise Per-Core
• None (Price per core/server/CAL and
pricing models are unchanged)
Licensing
• Primary License with active SA grants
secondary running “Warm” instance
• License Mobility for SA overrides 90
day reassignment rule
• Standard edition licensed for 16 cores.
• Primary License with active SA grants
secondary running “Warm” instance
• License Mobility for SA overrides 90
day reassignment rule.
• Standard edition licensed for 24 cores.
• Change in Standard edition which is
licensed for up to 24 cores (from 16).
• Introduction of Failover Servers benefit for cloud deployments using license
mobility
• Introduction of Failover Servers benefit
for cloud deployments (introduced in
Dec. 2015).
SQLBI
Migration
• SQL BI Server offered for Server + CAL
deployments
• SQL BI Server is no longer offered • Customers with active SA at SQL 2016
GA will be migrated to SQL EE Server +
CAL at SA renewal
• EA customers get a single true up,
capped at 25% of BI server license
count

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Licensing Scenario - Physical Environment
Physical Cores
Per Processor 1 2 4 6 8
Core License
required 4 4 4 6 8
Number of cores per physical processor = 4
Number of processors per server = 2
Total number of cores = 8
Number of licenses required= 4 x 2-Core
Licenses
Server Scenario : Dual processor server (each 4 cores) and need to purchase SQL Server 2016 Core licenses to
host a database application running in a physical environment. How many Core licenses will you need to
acquire for this server?

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Licensing Scenario - Virtual Environment
Server Scenario : One physical host with 4 processors – each 4 cores. There are two virtual machines - a quad
VCore VM and another dual VCore VM. You need to deploy SQL Server 2016 Core licenses to host the
database application running on VMs. How many Core licenses will they need to acquire ?
Virtual Cores
assigned per VM 1 2 4 6 8
Core License
required 4 4 4 6 8
VM 1 VM 2
VM1 = 4 virtual cores
VM2 = 2 virtual cores
Number of VCores= 6
Number of licenses required= 4 x 2-Core
Licenses (minimum of 4 cores per VM)

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Licensing Scenario - Virtual Environment withLicense Mobility
Server Scenario : IT Infrastructure has 2 physical hosts – each has 4 processors with 4 cores. On top of the 2
physical hosts you have built five virtual Machines with different number of virtual cores assigned to them.
You want SQL Server 2016 to be executed on VMs. You want license mobility to be available for all the VMs.
How should you license SQL Server 2016 for such requirements ?
Option 1 – Based on Individual Virtual Machines
VM1 = 4 VCores = 2 x 2-Core Licenses
VM2 = 2 VCores = 2 x 2-Core Licenses*
Total number of licenses
= 2+2+2+2+3 = 11 (2-core pack) licenses
= with Software Assurance = License Mobility
* Minimum of 4 cores to be licensed per VM
LicensingbyindividualVirtualMachine
LicensingbyindividualVirtualMachine:
AvailableforStandardandEnterpriseEdition
VM 1 VM 3 VM 4VM 2 VM 5

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Licensing Scenario - Virtual Environment withLicense Mobility
Server Scenario : IT Infrastructure has 2 physical hosts – each has 4 processors with 4 cores. On top of the 2
physical hosts you have built five virtual Machines with different number of virtual cores assigned to them.
You want SQL Server 2016 to be executed on VMs. You want license mobility to be available for all the VMs.
How should you license SQL Server 2016 for such requirements ?
Option 2 – with unlimited Virtualization
Two Server with 4 Processor (each 4 Cores)
= Total 8 Processor, each 4 Cores
= 16 x 2-Core-Licenses with Software Assurance
= License Mobility and ability to run an unlimited
number of VMs with SQL on top
LicensingforUnlimitedVirtualization
LicensingforMaximumVirtualization:
AvailableforEnterpriseEditiononlywithactiveSA
VM 1 VM 3 VM 4VM 2 VM 5

Organizations have been asking for SQL
Server
on Linux
Enterprise DB
market
runs on Linux
36%

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Deploy your SQL
Server license on
Windows or
Linux
Get access to the
latest release
with Software
Assurance
LICENSE
Licensing SQL on Linux

SQLArchitecture licensing implications

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Options:
SQL Server on physical machines
SQL Server in on-premises VMs (private
cloud)
SQL Server in public cloud VMs
SQL Database (public cloud)
Shared
Lower
Cost
Dedicated
Higher
Cost
Higher Administration Lower Administration
Off Premises
Hybrid Cloud
Physical
SQL Server
Physical Machines(raw Iron)SQ
L
Virtual
SQL Server Private Cloud
Virtualized Machines +
Appliances
Infrastructure
as a service
SQL Server in Public Cloud
VM
Virtualized machines
SQ
L
Platform as
a service
Software as
a services
SQL Database
Virtualized Databases
SQL
On Premises
SQL Server, Azure VMs, SQL Database

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Cloud Computing as a Service
Youmanage
Youmanage

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HA & DR Licensing
Enterprise Edition Availability
with Enhanced AlwaysOnNEW
Standard Edition High AvailabilityNEW
MISSION CRITICAL HA + hybrid DR
• Multiple node failover clustering
(3 synchronous, up to 8 replicas)
• Multiple database failover as a group
• Fully readable secondaries for backup or reporting
operations
• No domain join required with WS 2016
Enterprise
BASIC HA
• Two node failover (1 active, 1 passive)
• Single database failover to non-readable secondary
• No domain join required with WS 2016
Standard
Enterprise includes all Standard features.

SoftwareONE SQLAdvisory

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Compliance
• SAM Tool
deployment and
SQL Server
discovery
• Current State SQL
Server licensing
position
• Analysis of
entitlements vs
current
deployments
Optimization
• Knowledge
transfer of SQL
Server licensing
strategy
• Assess business
requirements for
HA,DR, and SQL
Edition strategies
& licensing
impacts
• Interactive SQL
Instance level
analysis and
licensing
optimization
Remediation
• DB performance
analysis and
consolidation
• Enterprise feature
utilization analysis
• Migration from
SQL Enterprise to
SQL Standard
• Decommissioning
procedures
• Upgrades for
versions no longer
supported
SQLAdvisory Methodology/Modules

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