https://www.insidesql.org/blogs/falkkrahl/?disp=comments de-DE http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Brent Ozar, hat auch dazu einen interessanten Blog-Eintrag gemacht: <a href="http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2013/06/almost-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-next-version-of-sql-server/" target="_blank">http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2013/06/almost-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-next-version-of-sql-server/</a> cu tosc https://www.insidesql.org/blogs/falkkrahl/2013/06/10/ankuendigung-sql-server-2014#c2261 Hallo Falk, Deine Einschränkung bzgl. der EE und VM stimmt so nicht ganz. Details dazu findest Du auf der offiziellen Seite im Abschnitt Database virtualization (http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/future-editions/sql2012-licensing.aspx): With databases that use just a fraction of the compute power of a physical server, you can save by licensing individual database Virtual Machines (VMs). - To license a VM with core-based licenses, simply pay for the virtual cores allocated within the virtual machine (minimum of 4 core licenses per VM). - To license a VM under the Server + CAL model (for the Business Intelligence and Standard Editions of SQL Server 2012), you can buy the server license and buy associated SQL Server CALs for each user. - Each licensed VM that is covered with Software Assurance can be moved frequently within your server farm or to a third party hoster or cloud services provider. - Servers fully licensed with Enterprise Edition Core licenses with Software Assurance allow you to deploy an unlimited number of database VMs on the server (or server farm) in a heavily consolidated virtualized deployment to achieve further savings. Gruß Christoph https://www.insidesql.org/blogs/falkkrahl/2011/11/10/sql-server-2012-neues-lizenzmodell#c1750