1. The information in this presentation is Microsoft Confidential and subject to a Non-Disclosure Agreement This presentation contains preliminary information that may be changed substantially prior to the final release of SQL Server 2012 1

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4. “Cloud-ready Information Platform” 4 Microsoft Confidential

5. Retire SQL Server Enterprise SAL Introduce SQL Server Business Intelligence SAL 5 Retire Datacenter and Workgroup Editions Replace Processor License with Core License Microsoft Confidential

6. Product LineupLicensing Options SAL-based Core-based 6 Microsoft Confidential

7. 7 Pay for the Power You Need: Customers and partners pay for computing power For datacenter scenarios, licensing better aligned to hardware capacity Unlimited Virtualization: Service Providers now have unlimited virtualization rights on SQL Server Enterprise Edition Significant price savings from SQL Server Datacenter Edition Edition Simplification: Edition reduction simplifies SQL SKU lineup for Service Providers and customers Increased consistency with VL offerings For Business Intelligence Edition, licensing aligned to user-based access Additional Transition Time: Service Providers will be given additional time for transition to SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008R2 will remain on Price List until Jan 2013 Microsoft Confidential

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10. 10 Core/SAL Datacenter Edition Enterprise Edition Standard Edition Workgroup EditionBusiness Intelligence Edition Web Edition Processor/SAL Enterprise Edition Standard Edition Business Intelligence Edition Web Edition Core/SAL Microsoft Confidential

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13. 1.Count the number of Cores in the server 2.A minimum of 4 core licenses are required per physical processor 3.Purchase the appropriate number of core licenses for the server 4.Licenses are sold in packs-each pack includes 2 core licenses (2-core pack) 1.Cores will be priced at ¼ the cost of a SQL 2008 R2 Processor 2.No price increase from SQL Server 2008 R2 for processors with 1-4 cores 3.License more cores as compute capacity increases Old licensing: count processor New licensing: count cores  1 processor  4 cores 13 Microsoft Confidential

14. VM (2 vcores) H/W (1 CPU 2 cores) H/W (1 CPU 2 cores) VM (4 vcores) H/W (1 CPU 4 cores) H/W (1 CPU 4 cores) H/W (1 CPU 6 cores) H/W (1 CPU 6 cores) VM (6 vcores) 2 x 2-core pack 3 x 2-core pack Units purchased 14 Microsoft Confidential

15. 1 processor with 8 cores 8 core licenses required 1 processor with 6 cores 6 core licenses required 1 processor with 4 cores 4 core licenses required 1 processor with 2 cores 4 core licenses required 15 Microsoft Confidential

16. 1 processor $920.21* 1 x 2-core pack $460.10* 1 x 2-core pack $460.10* Sold in 2-core pack (2 packs are minimum) Enterprise and Standard processor budgets remain flat with 1-4 cores Microsoft Confidential 16

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18. 1 x 4 core licenses* = 4 core licenses 2 x 4 core licenses = 8 core licenses 2 x 4 core licenses* = 8 core licenses (*) 1-4 cores: Minimum of 4 core licenses required per physical processor Offered through Enterprise Edition only License ALL cores on physical hardware Run unlimited virtual machines on hardware 18 Microsoft Confidential

19. VM with 8 virtual cores 8 core licenses required VM with 6 virtual cores 6 core licenses required VM with 4 virtual cores 4 core licenses required VM with 2 virtual cores 4 core licenses required 19 Offered through all editions Licensing counted via virtual machines Microsoft Confidential

20. 20 1 x 4 core licenses* = 4 1 x 4 core licenses = 4 1 x 4 core licenses* = 4 1 x 4 core licenses = 4 1 x 6 core licenses = 6 = 12 core licenses = 18 core licenses Server: 2 processor 16 physical cores # of cores used per VMCore licenses required = 4 core licenses (*) 1-4 cores: Minimum of 4 core licenses required per virtual machine Microsoft Confidential

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