Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2012

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Features Supported by the Editions of SQLServer 2012SQL Server 2012

This topic provides details of features supported by the different editions of SQL Server 2012.

SQL Server is available in an Evaluation edition for a 180-day trial period. For more information, see

the SQL Server Trial Software Web Site1.

For features supported by Evaluation and Developer editions see the SQL Server Enterprise featureset.

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Cross-Box Scale Limits

High Availability (AlwaysOn)

Scalability and Performance

Security

Replication

Management Tools

RDBMS Manageability

Development Tools

Programmability

Integration Services

Integration Services-Advanced Adapters

Integration Services-Advanced Transforms

Master Data Services

Data Warehouse

Analysis Services

BI Semantic Model (Multidimensional)

BI Semantic Model (Tabular)

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Cross-Box Scale Limits

PowerPivot for SharePoint

Data Mining

Reporting Services

Business Intelligence Clients

Spatial and Location Services

Additional Database Services

Other Components

Feature Name EnterpriseBusinessIntelligence

Standard Web

ExpresswithAdvancedServices

ExpresswithTools

Express

Maximum ComputeCapacity Used by aSingle Instance (SQL

Server Database Engine)1

OperatingSystemmaximum

Limited tolesser of 4Sockets or16 cores

Limited tolesser of4 Socketsor 16cores


Limited tolesser of 1Socket or4 cores

Limitedto lesserof 1Socketor 4cores


Maximum ComputeCapacity Used by aSingle Instance (AnalysisServices, Reporting

Services) 1

Operatingsystemmaximum




Limited tolesser of 1Socket or4 cores



Maximum memory utilized(SQL Server DatabaseEngine)


64 GB 64 GB 64 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB

Maximum memory utilized(Analysis Services)



64 GB N/A N/A N/A N/A

Maximum memory utilized(Reporting Services)



64 GB 64 GB 4 GB N/A N/A

Maximum relationalDatabase size

524 PB 524 PB 524 PB 524 PB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB

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High Availability (AlwaysOn)

1Enterprise Edition with Server + Client Access License (CAL) based licensing is limited to a maximumof 20 cores per SQL Server instance. For more information, see Compute Capacity Limits by Edition of

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Standard WebExpress withAdvancedServices

ExpresswithTools

Express

Server Core

support1Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Log Shipping Yes Yes Yes Yes

Databasemirroring

YesYes (SafetyFull Only)

Yes(SafetyFull Only)

Witnessonly

Witness onlyWitnessonly

Witnessonly

FailoverClustering

Yes (Node support:Operating systemmaximum

Yes (Nodesupport: 2)

Yes(Nodesupport:2)

Backupcompression

Yes Yes Yes

Databasesnapshot

Yes

AlwaysOnAvailabilityGroups

Yes

SQL ServerMulti-SubnetClustering

Yes

ConnectionDirector

Yes

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Scalability and Performance

Online pageand file restore

Yes

Online indexing Yes

Online schemachange

Yes

Fast recovery Yes

Mirroredbackups

Yes

Hot AddMemory and

CPU2Yes

DatabaseRecoveryAdvisor

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1For more information on installing SQL Server 2012 on Server Core, see Install SQL Server 2012 on

Server Core3.

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Expresswith Tools

Express

Multi-instancesupport

50 50 50 50 50 50 50

Table and indexpartitioning

Yes

Data compression Yes

Resource Governor Yes

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Security

Replication

Partition TableParallelism

Yes

Multiple Filestreamcontainers

Yes

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ExpresswithTools

Express

Basic Auditing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Fine GrainedAuditing

Yes

Transparentdatabase encryption

Yes

Extensible KeyManagement

Yes

User-Defined Roles Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

ContainedDatabases


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Standard Web


Expresswith Tools

Express





Management Tools

SQL Serverchange tracking


Merge replication Yes Yes YesYes(Subscriberonly)

Yes(Subscriberonly)

Yes(Subscriberonly)

Yes(Subscriberonly)

Transactionalreplication

Yes Yes YesYes(Subscriberonly)

Yes(Subscriberonly)

Yes(Subscriberonly)

Yes(Subscriberonly)

Snapshotreplication

Yes Yes YesYes(Subscriberonly

Yes(Subscriberonly)

Yes(Subscriberonly)

Yes(Subscriberonly)

Heterogeneoussubscribers

Yes Yes Yes

Oracle publishing Yes

Peer to Peertransactionalreplication

Yes

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Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

SQL ManagementObjects (SMO)


SQL ConfigurationManager


SQL CMD(Command Prompttool)


SQL Server

Management




RDBMS Manageability

ManagementStudio

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Distributed Replay– Admin Tool

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Distributed Replay- Client

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Distributed Replay- Controller

Yes (Enterprisesupports up to 16clients, Developersupports only 1client)

Yes (1 clientsupportonly)

Yes (1clientsupportonly)

Yes (1clientsupportonly)

SQL Profiler Yes Yes Yes No2 No2 No2 No2

SQL Server Agent Yes Yes Yes Yes

Microsoft SystemCenter OperationsManagerManagement Pack

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Database TuningAdvisor (DTA)

Yes Yes Yes3 Yes3

2 SQL Server Web, SQL Server Express, SQL Server Express with Tools, and SQL Server Express withAdvanced Services can be profiled using SQL Server Standard and SQL Server Enterprise editions

3 Tuning enabled only on Standard edition features.

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Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

User Instances Yes Yes Yes

LocalDB Yes Yes




Dedicated adminconnection

Yes Yes Yes YesYes (undertrace flag)

Yes(undertrace flag)

Yes(undertrace flag)

PowerShell scriptingsupport


SysPrep support1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Support for Data-tier applicationcomponentoperations –extract, deploy,upgrade, delete


Policy automation(check on scheduleand change)

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Performance datacollector

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Able to enroll as amanaged instance ina multi-instancemanagement

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Standardperformance reports

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Plan guides and planfreezing for planguides

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Direct query ofindexed views(using NOEXPANDhint)

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Automatic indexedview maintenance

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Partial.

Distributed

Partial.

Distributed

Partial.

Distributed

Partial.

Distributed

Partial.

Distributed

Partial.

Distributed

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Development Tools

Distributedpartitioned views Yes

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Parallel indexedoperations

Yes

Automatic use ofindexed view byquery optimizer

Yes

Parallel consistencycheck

Yes

SQL Server Utilitycontrol point

Yes

ContainedDatabases


1 SysPrep is supported for stand-alone instances of Database Engine and Reporting Services. For

more information, see Considerations for Installing SQL Server Using SysPrep4.

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ExpresswithTools

Express

Microsoft VisualStudio Integration


SQL Server DeveloperStudio


Intellisense(Transact-SQL and

MDX) 1Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

SQL Server Data

Tools (SSDT)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Programmability

Tools (SSDT)

SQL query edit and

design tools1Yes Yes Yes

Version control

support1Yes Yes Yes

MDX edit, debug, and

design tools1 Yes Yes Yes

1 This feature is not available for 64-bit version of Standard edition.

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ExpresswithTools

Express

Common LanguageRuntime (CLR)Integration


Native XML support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

XML indexing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

MERGE & UPSERTCapabilities


FILESTREAM support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

FileTable Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Date and Timedatatypes


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Integration Services

Full-text and semanticsearch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Specification oflanguage in query Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Service Broker(messaging)

Yes Yes YesNo(Clientonly)

No (Clientonly)

No(Clientonly)

No(Clientonly)

Web services(HTTP/SOAP endpoints)

Yes Yes Yes Yes

TSQL endpoints Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Feature EnterpriseBusinessIntelligence


ExpresswithTools

Express

SQL Server Import andExport Wizard


Built-in data sourceconnectors


SSIS designer and runtime Yes Yes Yes

Basic Transforms Yes Yes Yes

Basic data profiling tools Yes Yes Yes

Change Data CaptureService for Oracle byAttunity

Yes

Change Data CaptureDesigner for Oracle byAttunity

Yes




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Integration Services - Advanced Adapters

Feature Name Enterprise BusinessIntelligence

Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

High performance Oracledestination

Yes

High performance Teradatadestination

Yes

SAP BW source anddestination

Yes

Data mining model trainingdestination adapter

Yes

Dimension processingdestination adapter

Yes

Partition processingdestination adapter

Yes

Change Data Capturecomponents by Attunity

Yes

Connector for OpenDatabase Connectivity(ODBC) by Attunity

Yes

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Integration Services - Advanced Transforms



ExpresswithTools

Express





Master Data Services

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Data Warehouse

Persistent (highperformance) lookups

Yes

Data mining querytransformation

Yes

Fuzzy grouping andlookup transformations

Yes

Term extractions andlookup transformations

Yes

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Master Data Services is available on the 64-bit editions of Business Intelligence andEnterprise only.

Feature EnterpriseBusinessIntelligence


ExpresswithTools

Express

Master Data Servicesdatabase

Yes Yes

Master Data Managerweb application

Yes Yes

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Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

Create cubes without a

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Analysis Services

database Yes Yes Yes

Auto-generate staging anddata warehouse schema

Yes Yes Yes

Change data capture Yes

Star join queryoptimizations

Yes

Scalable read-only AnalysisServices configuration

Yes

Proactive Caching Yes

Parallel query processing onpartitioned tables andindices

Yes

xVelocity memory optimizedcolumnstore indexes

Yes

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Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

Scalable Shared Databases(Attach/Detach, Read onlydatabases)

Yes Yes

High Availability Yes Yes Yes

Programmability (AMO,ADOMD.Net, OLEDB, XML/A,ASSL)

Yes Yes Yes

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BI Semantic Model (Multidimensional)


Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

Semi-additive Measures Yes Yes No1

Hierarchies Yes Yes Yes

KPIs Yes Yes Yes

Perspectives Yes Yes

Actions Yes Yes Yes

Account intelligence Yes Yes Yes

Time Intelligence Yes Yes Yes

Custom rollups Yes Yes Yes

Writeback cube Yes Yes Yes

Writeback dimensions Yes Yes

Writeback cells Yes Yes Yes

Drillthrough Yes Yes Yes

Advanced hierarchy types(Parent-Child, RaggedHiearchies)

Yes Yes Yes

Advanced dimensions(Reference dimensions, many-to-many dimensions

Yes Yes Yes

Linked measures anddimensions Yes Yes


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Translations Yes Yes Yes

Aggregations Yes Yes Yes

Multiple Partitions Yes YesYes, upto 3

Proactive Caching Yes Yes

Custom Assemblies (storedprocs)

Yes Yes Yes

MDX queries and scripts Yes Yes Yes

Role-based security model Yes Yes Yes

Dimension and Cell-levelSecurity

Yes Yes Yes

Scalable string storage Yes Yes Yes

MOLAP, ROLAP, HOLAPstorage modes

Yes Yes Yes

Binary and compressed XMLtransport

Yes Yes Yes

Push-mode processingYes Yes

Direct Writeback Yes Yes

Measure Expressions Yes Yes

1The LastChild semi-additive measure is supported in standard edition, but other semi-additivemeasures, such as None, FirstChild, FirstNonEmpty, LastNonEmpty, AverageOfChildren, andByAccount, are not. Additive measures, such as Sum, Count, Min, Max, and non-additive measures(DistinctCount) are supported on all editions.

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BI Semantic Model (Tabular)





Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

Hierarchies Yes Yes

KPIs Yes Yes

Semi-additive MeasuresYes Yes

Perspectives Yes Yes

Translations Yes Yes

DAX calculations, DAXqueries, MDX queries

Yes Yes

Row-level Security Yes Yes

Partitions Yes Yes

In-Memory and DirectQuerystorage modes (Tabularonly)

Yes Yes

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PowerPivot for SharePoint


Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

SharePoint farm integrationbased on shared servicearchitecture

Yes Yes

Usage reporting Yes Yes




Health monitoring rules Yes Yes

PowerPivot Gallery Yes Yes

PowerPivot Data RefreshYes Yes

PowerPivot Data Feeds Yes Yes

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Data Mining


Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

Standard Algorithms Yes Yes Yes

Data Mining Tools (Wizards,Editors Query Builders)

Yes Yes Yes

Cross Validation Yes Yes

Models on Filtered Subsets ofMining Structure Data

Yes Yes

Time Series: Custom BlendingBetween ARTXP and ARIMAMethods

Yes Yes

Time Series: Prediction withNew Data

Yes Yes

Unlimited Concurrent DMQueries

Yes Yes

Advanced Configuration &Tuning Options for Data MiningAlgorithms

Yes Yes

Support for plug-in algorithms Yes Yes




Reporting Services

Parallel Model Processing Yes Yes

Time Series: Cross-SeriesPrediction

Yes Yes

Unlimited attributes forAssociation Rules

Yes Yes

Sequence Prediction Yes Yes

Multiple Prediction Targets forNaïve Bayes, Neural Networkand Logistic Regression

Yes Yes

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Reporting Services Features



ExpresswithTools

Express

Supported catalog DBSQL Server edition

Standardor higher

Standard orhigher

Standardor higher

Web Express

Supported data sourceSQL Server edition

All SQLServereditions



Web Express

Report server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Report Designer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Report Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Role based security Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Word Export and RichText Support

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes




Enhanced gauges andcharting

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Export to Excel, PDF,and Images

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Custom authentication Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Report as data feeds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Model support Yes Yes Yes Yes

Create custom roles forrole-based security

Yes Yes Yes

Model Item security Yes Yes Yes

Infinite click through Yes Yes Yes

Shared componentlibrary

Yes Yes Yes

Email and file sharesubscriptions andscheduling

Yes Yes Yes

Report history,execution snapshots andcaching

Yes Yes Yes

SharePoint Integration Yes Yes Yes

Remote and non-SQL

data source support1Yes Yes Yes

Data source, deliveryand rendering, RDCEextensibility

Yes Yes Yes

Data driven reportsubscription

Yes Yes



Business Intelligence Clients

Scale out deployment(Web farms)

Yes Yes

Alerting2 Yes Yes

Power View2 Yes Yes

1For more information on the supported datasources in SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services (SSRS),

see Data Sources Supported by Reporting Services (SSRS)5.

2Requires Reporting Services in SharePoint mode. For more information, see Installing Reporting

Services SharePoint Mode Report Server for Power View and Data Alerting6.

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Report Server Database Server Edition Requirements

When creating a report server database, not all editions of SQL Server can be used to host thedatabase. The following table shows you which editions of the Database Engine you can use forspecific editions of Reporting Services.

For this edition of SQL ServerReporting Services

Use this edition of the Database Engine instance tohost the database

EnterpriseStandard, Business Intelligence Enterprise, editions (localor remote)

Business IntelligenceStandard, Business Intelligence Enterprise, editions (localor remote)

Standard Standard, Enterprise editions (local or remote)

Web Web edition (local only)

Express with Advanced Services Express with Advanced Services (local only).

Evaluation Evaluation

The following software client applications are available on the Microsoft Downloads center and areprovided to assist you with creating business intelligence documents that run on a SQL Serverinstance. When you host these documents in a server environment, use an edition of SQL Serverthat is supported for that document type. The following table identifies which SQL Server edition

contains the server features required to host the documents created in these client applications.


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Spatial and Location Services

contains the server features required to host the documents created in these client applications.



ExpresswithTools

Express

Report Builder Yes Yes Yes

Data Mining Addins forExcel and Visio 2010

Yes Yes Yes

PowerPivot for Excel2010

Yes Yes

Master Data ServicesAdd-in for Excel

Yes Yes

1. PowerPivot for Excel is an Excel addin and does not depend on SQL Server. HoweverPowerPivot for SharePoint is required for sharing and collaborating with PowerPivotworkbooks in SharePoint and this capability is available as part of SQL Server Enterprise andBusiness Intelligence editions.

2. The above table identifies the SQL Server editions that are required to enable these clienttools; however these features can access data hosted on any edition of SQL Server.

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ExpresswithTools

Express

Spatial indexes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Planar and Geodeticdatatypes


Advanced spatial libraries Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes




Additional Database Services

Other Components

See Also

Import/export of industry-standard spatial dataformats


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Express

SQL ServerMigration Assistant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Database mail Yes Yes Yes Yes

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EnterpriseBusinessIntelligence

Standard Web


ExpresswithTools

Express

Data QualityServices

Yes Yes

StreamInsightStreamInsightPremiumEdition

StreamInsightStandardEdition



StreamInsightHA

StreamInsightPremiumEdition

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Translations not completely supported for BI Semantic Model (Multidimensional) in Standard and

BI ed

When you have a look at the 'Translations' feature under 'BI Semantic Model (Multidimensional)', youwill see that translations should be supported in all editions of Analysis Services 2012.I gave it a try in the Standard and in the BI Edition and when adding a translation for an attributewhich is used in an hierarchy, the following error message is displayed: 'Only dimension attributes andattribute relationships can have translations in this edition of Analysis Services.'

express database size limitation

Keep in mind that the size limitation also counts indexes into the size of the database. So adatabase of 8GB and a index of 3GB would not fit.

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