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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.
A: Your Windows Server 2012 Client Access License (CAL) are used to access Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. You do not need to have Software Assurance on your Windows Server 2012 CAL in order to use it to access Windows Server 2012 R2.: Windows Server 2012 R2 will continue to have same licensing model as Windows Server 2012 with two editions available in volume licensing, Standard Edition and Datacenter Edition. Editions are differentiated by virtualization rights only (two OSEs for Standard; unlimited OSEs for Datacenter).