October 10, 2011 at 3:44 am
sqlfriends (10/9/2011)
I heard from another DBA, for a testing server which is only used for testing not for production, as long as the each developer using the testing server has a developer edition on their own box, then the testing server doesn't need a license, for it is only used for testing.
OK, this is the extract from the SQL Server 2008 R2 licensing quick reference
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Licensing Quick Reference
SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer is restricted todevelopment and test use and is licensed on a Per User basis.
Basically, yes it licensed per user and this is only for development use. It does not allow the database on the development instance to be shared. Before putting into a networked UAT or Production environment the database would need to be transferred to a fully licenced instance of SQL Server. The fact all your developers each have a developer licence does not entitle you to have an unlicensed instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard edition for the testing. Developers may develop and test locally, but for multi user UAT or regression testing the instance needs to be licensed.
As i mentioned before, to be sure contact your licensing vendor for clarification.
The 4 instances of physical\virtual as i mentioned above includes the physical host. If you installed SQL Server 2008 R2 onto the Windows 2008 host you would only have the licensing for 3 virtual SQL Server environments. If you don't install onto the host you may have 4 virtual SQL Server environments on that host.
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