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Full-featured versions for non-production environments.
Azure SQL Database is the cloud-based version of SQL Server, presented as a platform as a service (PaaS) offering on Microsoft Azure.
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Developer edition is a fully-functional Enterprise Edition of SQL Server, licensed for use as a development and test database in a non-production environment.
Evaluation edition is a fully-functional trial Enterprise Edition of SQL Server but is limited to 180 days, after which the tools will continue to run, but the server services will stop.Download
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Download SQL2022 Evaluation Edition
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SQL Server Express LocalDB is a lightweight version of Express that has all of its programmability features, runs in user mode and has a fast, zero-configuration installation and a short list of prerequisites.
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Licensed versions for mission-critical production.
Enterprise edition with the Core-based Licensing. The plain Enterprise one is limited to just 20 CPU cores.
Standard edition has less features than Enterprise, when there is no requirement of advanced features.
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