SQL Server license prices rise as version 2022 debuts
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2022/11/23/sql_server_2022_price_rises/
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The price hikes were detailed on the software behemoth's [1]Partner Center announcements page , which [2]detailed a jump from $1,325.15 to $1,583.88 for a two core, one year, SQL Server Standard License Pack, and a jump from $5,080.45 to $6,073.92 for an Enterprise License Pack. Those hikes apply to the licenses sold through cloud service providers – Microsoft partners who sell and administer software licenses to end-customers.
The price rises commence on January 1, 2023.
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Software licensing consultancy Quexcel has also [4]claimed that Microsoft is set to increase the price of on-prem SQL Server licenses by ten percent, or eight percent for Microsoft Service Providers.
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Quexcel's figures almost match those in a [7]report from Microsoft-watching outlet Redmond .
We've asked Microsoft to detail the price rises for SQL Server and to confirm whether they apply to the database when rented in the Azure cloud. The Register understands that's not the case – meaning Microsoft has again made it cheaper to access its software in its own cloud. That's a tactic that earned Microsoft [8]the ire of the European Union and ongoing antitrust investigations.
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Microsoft responded to those concerns with [10]virtual core licensing for Windows Server . Europe-based clouds feel that change did not level the playing field, though – Microsoft still offers terms for its own software on Azure that rivals cannot match.
[11]Microsoft bulks up Linux on Windows at the IoT edge in Azure
[12]Azure-based 'AI supercomputer' to use Nvidia GPUs and software
[13]Microsoft will help trim your Azure bill to encourage loyalty
[14]Loads of PostgreSQL systems are sitting on the internet without SSL encryption
At least SQL Server 2022 buyers get more for their money: the new version adds improved analytics, disaster recovery (to Azure, natch) the "Purview" unified data governance and management service, and plumbing improvements that make the database faster and more resilient.
There's also a new [15]PAYG billing model, if you sign up for the Azure Arc multi-cloud application platform.
As if SQL Server users needed another piece of evidence that Microsoft really wants them to get cloudy.
The Register has asked Microsoft to confirm and detail the full extent of SQL Server price rises, and will update this story if the company provides meaningful information. ®
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[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/partner-center/announcements/
[2] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/partner-center/announcements/2022-november#28
[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/databases&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2Y339TkTSsK43JS3awx0QyAAAANM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[4] https://www.quexcel.com/knowledge-base/knowledge-base/starting-january-2023-change-in-microsoft-pricing-and-pricing-methodology
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/databases&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Y339TkTSsK43JS3awx0QyAAAANM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[6] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/databases&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33Y339TkTSsK43JS3awx0QyAAAANM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[7] https://redmondmag.com/articles/2022/11/16/sql-server-2022-every-licensing.aspx
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/09/cispe_ec_microsoft_complaint/
[9] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/databases&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Y339TkTSsK43JS3awx0QyAAAANM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/29/microsoft_adds_virtual_windows_licenses/
[11] https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/22/microsoft_windows_linux_iot/
[12] https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/17/azure_nvidia_ai_supercomputer/
[13] https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/26/microsoft_q1_2023/
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/07/postgresql_no_ssl/
[15] https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2022/11/17/manage-govern-and-secure-all-your-sql-servers-with-new-hybrid-capabilities-enabled-by-azure-arc/
[16] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
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And not one word on the story that less than 3,000 of the 10,000,000 documents Wikileaks has are available as the Wikileaks Website is becoming nonfunctional. What is The Register coming to?
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Word soup
I read, or attempted to read the "Azure Arc Pricing" guide.
F-me, I'm well past my time for the carousel; it's just word soup to me...
Re: Word soup
That's pretty much any of their licensing guides. No idea why it takes 42 pages (2019 SQL Server Licensing Guide) to explain (I use that word loosely as by the time I get through the document I'm more confused than when I started) how to properly license SQL Server. At this point I really push people who are looking for a database option to the open source alternatives if applicable to their use case. It's time to try and wean ourselves off the Microsoft product line where feasible as their prices and data collection practices are getting untenable.
Re: Word soup
I've worked with SQL Server for 20+ years. In the last 3 years, I've started working more with Postgres. If I were in sales again, I'd struggle to explain the benefits of MS SQL, never mind the licensing.
Re: Word soup
And the other thing you need to bear in mind with Microsoft licensing terms is that just because something applied last week doesn't mean that it's still the same this week...
It needs to happen & now
For someone who liked Microsoft back in the day (mainly cause of their history in computing) they really, really need to be hit with an anti trust again. They were hit with the one we most probably all know about due to their push of IE on to everyone. Succeeding in killing Netscape because of their shady tactics.
Now they are doing it again. They did it with the push to Windows 10 with the pop-up. They are now doing it with Edge. Search for any other browser in Edge and it tells you Edge is better. Try to change default browser it makes you have to change each extension one at a time and tells you are you sure Edge is better
Now this. There is no reason to put the price up of SQL other than greed. Then to discover they are making it cheaper on Azure. Its clearly an attempt to push everyone to Azure so they can eventually, try and scrap the standalone OS. Its clear they'd like to push to Azure Windows where you'll have to pay a subscription fee every year.
I know they were starting it before but with Sat Nav incharge they've become even more greedy cunts.
Thank god for Linux.