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1 The major change in licensing from SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2012 is that a per core option is now available for the Standard Edition. 2  This means that you have two choices: purchase per core licenses at $1,793 or purchase a server license at $898 and client access licenses at $209 per client. SQL Server 2012 Web is a specialized version of SQL Server for use in web hosting environments. 2  This edition is available only to Services Provider License Agreement customers. 3  Contact your Microsoft sales rep for further information if you think you may qualify.
As was the case with Oracle then, Microsoftâs shift to a core-based licensing metric with SQL Server 2012 will price-protect older generation processors (i.e., four cores and fewer), but will make new processors with 6 to 12 (or more) cores per processor more costly to license.or Oracle DB 11gR2 EE, 4 cores x 0.5 (x86 core factor) x $47,500 per license = 2 processor licenses, or $95,000. For SQL Server 2012 EE, 4 core licenses x $6,874 per core = $27,496, or 29% of the Oracle DB 11gR2 EE list price.