Top Things To Know Before Licensing Your Operating System Environment

Posted by SoftwareDeals on March 27th, 2023

Understanding SQL Server 2019 Licensing is always challenging because it may be an organization's software infrastructure's most expensive and critical element. It can be confusing to understand, but the good news is that Microsoft offers various licensing options with SQL Server 2019.

Hence, Microsoft provides two types of licensing models for SQL Server. And they are; one is the core-based licensing model, and the other one-server + CAL(Client Access License) based. Yes, you are right; the second one is Server+CAL licensing.

One SQL Server license is required (based on physical server/VM/Container), along with CAL for each user/device. Each user connecting to the server directly or indirectly (e.g., Excel) will require CAL.

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