| author | rwestMSFT | |
|---|---|---|
| ms.author | randolphwest | |
| ms.date | 11/18/2025 | |
| ms.service | sql | |
| ms.topic | include | |
| ms.custom |
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MSSQL_PID |
Edition |
|---|---|
Evaluation |
SQL Server Evaluation edition |
Developer |
SQL Server Developer edition |
Express |
SQL Server Express edition |
Web |
SQL Server Web edition |
Standard |
SQL Server Standard edition |
Enterprise |
This legacy option represents Enterprise edition Server + Client Access License (CAL) based licensing, and is limited to a maximum of 20 cores per SQL Server instance. Enterprise isn't available for new agreements. You should choose EnterpriseCore when you wish to deploy Enterprise edition. |
EnterpriseCore |
SQL Server Enterprise Core edition. EnterpriseCore represents the core-based server licensing model with no core limits. For more information, see Compute capacity limits by edition of SQL Server. |
A product key |
If you specify a product key, it must be in the form of #####-#####-#####-#####-#####, where # is a number or a letter. |
For more information about these editions, see SQL Server editions.