Compare Microsoft SQL 2014 by Editions

Extraordinary can offer you a choice of 5 different editions of Microsoft SQL 2014:

  • Enterprise Edition for mission-critical applications and large scale data warehousing
  • Business Intelligence Edition for premium corporate and self-service BI
  • Standard Edition for basic database, reporting and analytics capabilities
  • Web Edition, only available in SPLA program
  • Express Edition, a license-free edition with limited features

MS SQL 2014 Editions at a Glance

Features

Enterprise

BI

Standard

Web

Express

CPUs

OS maximum

4 (or 16 cores)

4 (or 16 cores)

4 (or 16 cores)

1 (or 4 cores)

RAM

OS maximum

128 GB

128 GB

64 GB

1 GB

32-bit & 64-bit

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DB Size

524 PB

524 PB

524 PB

524 PB

10 GB

Log Shipping

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Backup Compression

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Table And Index Partitioning

Yes

No

No

No

No

Resource Governor

Yes

No

No

No

No

Transparent Data Encryption

Yes

No

No

No

No

Replication

Full

Standard

Standard

Limited

Limited

SQL Server Agent

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Centralised Multi-Server Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Policy Based Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Service Broker (Messaging)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No (client only)

No (client only)

Integration Services

Full

Standard

Standard

Limited

Limited

Import/Export Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Analysis Services

Full

Full

Standard

No

No

Reporting Services

Full

Full

Standard

Limited

No