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SQL Server 2005 Features Comparison

Published: November 7, 2005 | Updated: May 22, 2006

At Microsoft, we believe that software should provide you

SQL Server 2005 Editions
with choices that let you find the solution best tailored to
your business’ needs. To that end, we have redesigned the
• Enterprise Edition
SQL Server 2005 product family to better meet the needs • Standard Edition
of each customer segment with four new editions: • Workgroup Edition
Express, Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise. As a • Express Edition
low-cost mainstream database, SQL Server 2005 will • Developer Edition
deliver unprecedented value and functionality compared
with competitive solutions. The four new editions will offer
• Compact Edition
a range of features, from high availability and robust
scalability to advanced business intelligence tools, designed to empower the people across
your organization through a more secure, reliable, and productive data management
platform. Additionally, with the reduced application downtime, robust scalability and
performance, and tight security controls, SQL Server 2005 represents a dramatic step
forward in supporting the most demanding enterprise systems in the world. Because SQL
Server is part of Windows Server System, you will also receive the added benefits of
reduced total cost of ownership and faster development time through the increased
manageability and integration that result from the common engineering strategy
implemented across Windows Server System products. The table below presents details
about each of the different editions.

Notes: In the following table, the "Comments" column provides comments on the
specified feature. Numbers next to check marks indicate footnotes that appear at the
bottom of the page. SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition and Evaluation Edition are not
listed in the tables. These editions have the same feature set as the Enterprise Edition;
the only difference between these editions is the licensing policies.

Scalability and Performance

Feature Express Workgroup Standard Enterprise Comments

Number of 1 2 4 No Limit Includes

CPUs support for
multicore
processors.

RAM 1 3 GB Operating Operating Memory

gigabyte system system limited to
(GB) maximum maximum maximum
supported by
operating
system.

64-bit Windows WOW

Support on
Windows
(WOW)

Database 4 GB No Limit No Limit No Limit

Size

Partitioning Support for

large-scale
databases

Parallel Parallel
Index processing of
Operations indexing

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