Friday, July 25, 2014

Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2008

Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2008                                                                                

Copied from MSDN
Use the following tables to determine which features are supported by the different editions of SQL Server 2008.

Scalability


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Partitioning
Yes
Data compression
Yes
Resource governor
Yes
Partition table parallelism
Yes

High Availability


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Multi-instance support1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Log shipping
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Database mirroring2
Yes (full)
Yes (safety full only)
Witness only
Witness only
Witness only
Witness only
Witness only
Failover clustering
Operating system maximum3
2 nodes
Dynamic AWE
Yes
Yes
Failover without client configuration
Yes
Yes
Automatic corruption recovery from mirror
Yes
Yes
Database snapshots
Yes
Fast recovery
Yes
Online indexing
Yes
Online restore
Yes
Mirrored backups
Yes
Hot add memory
Yes
Online configuration of P2P nodes
Yes
Hot add CPU
Yes
Backup compression
Yes
1 SQL Server supports 50 instances on a stand-alone server for all SQL Server editions. SQL Server supports 25 instances on a failover cluster.
2Asynchronous database mirroring is supported only by SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition SP1 and later versions.
3Windows Server 2003 supports a maximum of 8 failover cluster nodes. Windows Server 2008 supports a maximum of 16 failover cluster nodes.

Security


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
C2 audit mode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server auditing
Yes
Transparent database encryption
Yes
ISV encryption (off-box key management)
Yes

Replication


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Merge replication
Yes
Yes
Subscriber only¹
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Transactional replication
Yes
Yes
Subscriber only¹
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Snapshot replication
Yes
Yes
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
SQL Server change tracking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Heterogeneous subscribers
Yes
Yes
Oracle publishing
Yes
P2P transactional replication
Yes
¹If an instance of WorkGroup is used as a Publisher, it supports a maximum of 25 subscriptions to all merge publications, and five subscriptions to all transactional publications. It supports an unlimited number of subscriptions to snapshot publications.

Manageability


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
User instances
Yes
Yes
Yes
Dedicated admin connection
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (Under trace flag)
Yes (Under trace flag)
Yes (Under trace flag)
Policy-Based Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Policy-Based Management automation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Policy-Based Management best practices policies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Performance data collection and warehouse
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Standard performance reports
Yes
Yes
Plan guides
Yes
Yes
Plan freezing for plan guides
Yes
Yes
Distributed partitioned views
Yes
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Parallel index operations
Yes
Automatic query-to-indexed-view matching
Yes
Parallel database backup checksum check
Yes
Database mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Migration Assistant1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Maintenance plans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1For more information about SQL Server Migration Assistant, see Migrate to SQL Server on the SQL Server web site.

Management Tools


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
SQL Server management objects (SMO)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Configuration Manager
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL CMD (command prompt tool)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Management Studio
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (Basic version)
Yes (Basic Version)
Yes (Basic version)
SQL Server Profiler
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Agent
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Database Engine Tuning Advisor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Operations Manager Pack
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Development Tools

Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Microsoft Visual Studio Integration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL query and edit and design tools
Yes
Yes
Yes
IntelliSense (Transact-SQL and MDX)
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
(SSMS is not installed with this edition)
Yes
Yes
Version control support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Business Intelligence Development Studio
Yes
Yes
MDX edit, debug, and design tools
Yes
Yes

Programmability


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Common language runtime (CLR) integration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Native XML support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML indexing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MERGE capabilities
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FILESTREAM support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Date and Time data types
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internationalization support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Specification of language in query
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Service Broker (messaging)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Client only
Client only
Client only
Client only
XML/A support
Yes
Yes
Web services (HTTP/SOAP endpoints)
Yes
Yes

Spatial and Location Services


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Spatial indexes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Geodetic data type
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced spatial libraries
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Standards-based spatial support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Integration Services


SQL Server Standard or Enterprise is required to design and run Integration Services packages. The Integration Services features that are installed by Workgroup, Web, and Express are only for use by the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard.
Feature
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
SQL Server Import and Export Wizard, and the basic Integration Services features required by the wizard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SSIS Designer including VSTA scripting
Yes
Yes
Integration Services service, wizards, and command prompt utilities
Yes
Yes
Basic tasks and transformations in addition to those used by the Import and Export Wizard
Yes
Yes
Log providers and logging
Yes
Yes
Data profiling tools
Yes
Yes
Additional sources and destinations:
Raw File source
XML source
DataReader destination
Raw File destination
Recordset destination
SQL Server Compact destination
SQL Server destination
Yes
Yes
Advanced sources, transformations, and destinations:
Data Mining Query transformation
Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping transformations
Term Extraction and Term Lookup transformations
Data Mining Model Training destination
Dimension Processing destination
Partition Processing destination
Yes

Data Warehouse Creation


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Create cubes without a database
Yes
Yes
Auto-generate staging and data warehouse schema
Yes
Yes
Attribute relationship designer
Yes
Yes
Efficient aggregation designers
Yes
Yes

Data Warehouse Scale and Performance


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Change data capture
Yes
Star join query optimization
Yes
Scalable read-only AS configuration
Yes
Proactive caching
Yes
Auto parallel partition processing
Yes
Partitioned cubes
Yes
Distributed partitioned cubes
Yes

Multi-Dimensional Analytics


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
SQL Server Analysis Services service
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Analysis Services backup
Yes
Yes
General performance/scale improvements
Yes
Yes
Dimension, attribute relationship, aggregate, and cube design improvements
Yes
Yes
Personalization extensions
Yes
Yes
Financial aggregations
Yes
Custom rollups
Yes
Semi-additive measures
Yes
Writeback dimensions
Yes
Linked measures and dimensions
Yes
Binary and compressed XML transport
Yes
Yes
Account intelligence
Yes
Perspectives
Yes
Analysis Services shared, scalable databases
Yes

Data Mining


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Standard algorithms
Yes
Yes
Data mining tools: wizards, editors, query builders
Yes
Yes
Cross validation
Yes
Models on filtered subsets of mining structure data
Yes
Time series: custom blending between ARTXP and ARIMA models
Yes
Time series: prediction with new data
Yes
Unlimited concurrent data mining queries
Yes
Advanced configuration and tuning for algorithms
Yes
Algorithm plug-in API
Yes
Parallel model processing
Yes
Time series: cross-series prediction
Yes
Unlimited attributes for association rules
Yes
Sequence prediction
Yes
Multiple prediction targets for naïve Bayes, neural network, and logistic regression
Yes

Reporting


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Report server
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Report Designer
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Report Manager
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (Report Manager)
Yes (Report Manager)
Role-based security
Yes
Yes
Yes (Fixed roles)
Yes (Fixed roles)
Yes (Fixed roles)
Ad-hoc reporting (Report builder)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Word export and enhanced text formatting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Enterprise-scale reporting engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IIS-agnostic report deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Updated management tools
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Report definition customization extension (RDCE)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SharePoint integration
Yes
Yes
Enhanced SSRS gauges and charting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom authentication
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Export to Excel, PDF, and images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Remote and non-relational data source support
Yes
Yes
E-mail and file share delivery
Yes
Yes
Report history, scheduling, subscriptions, and caching
Yes
Yes
Data source, delivery, and rendering extensibility
Yes
Yes
Scale out (Web farms)
Yes
Infinite clickthrough
Yes
Data-driven subscriptions
Yes
Reporting Services memory limits
OS Maximum
OS Maximum
4 GB
4 GB
4 GB

Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2008

Use the following tables to determine which features are supported by the different editions of SQL Server 2008.

Scalability


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Partitioning
Yes
Data compression
Yes
Resource governor
Yes
Partition table parallelism
Yes

High Availability


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Multi-instance support1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Log shipping
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Database mirroring2
Yes (full)
Yes (safety full only)
Witness only
Witness only
Witness only
Witness only
Witness only
Failover clustering
Operating system maximum3
2 nodes
Dynamic AWE
Yes
Yes
Failover without client configuration
Yes
Yes
Automatic corruption recovery from mirror
Yes
Yes
Database snapshots
Yes
Fast recovery
Yes
Online indexing
Yes
Online restore
Yes
Mirrored backups
Yes
Hot add memory
Yes
Online configuration of P2P nodes
Yes
Hot add CPU
Yes
Backup compression
Yes
1 SQL Server supports 50 instances on a stand-alone server for all SQL Server editions. SQL Server supports 25 instances on a failover cluster.
2Asynchronous database mirroring is supported only by SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition SP1 and later versions.
3Windows Server 2003 supports a maximum of 8 failover cluster nodes. Windows Server 2008 supports a maximum of 16 failover cluster nodes.

Security


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
C2 audit mode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server auditing
Yes
Transparent database encryption
Yes
ISV encryption (off-box key management)
Yes

Replication


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Merge replication
Yes
Yes
Subscriber only¹
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Transactional replication
Yes
Yes
Subscriber only¹
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Snapshot replication
Yes
Yes
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
Subscriber only
SQL Server change tracking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Heterogeneous subscribers
Yes
Yes
Oracle publishing
Yes
P2P transactional replication
Yes
¹If an instance of WorkGroup is used as a Publisher, it supports a maximum of 25 subscriptions to all merge publications, and five subscriptions to all transactional publications. It supports an unlimited number of subscriptions to snapshot publications.

Manageability


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
User instances
Yes
Yes
Yes
Dedicated admin connection
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (Under trace flag)
Yes (Under trace flag)
Yes (Under trace flag)
Policy-Based Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Policy-Based Management automation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Policy-Based Management best practices policies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Performance data collection and warehouse
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Standard performance reports
Yes
Yes
Plan guides
Yes
Yes
Plan freezing for plan guides
Yes
Yes
Distributed partitioned views
Yes
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Partial. Distributed Partitioned Views are not updatable
Parallel index operations
Yes
Automatic query-to-indexed-view matching
Yes
Parallel database backup checksum check
Yes
Database mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Migration Assistant1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Maintenance plans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1For more information about SQL Server Migration Assistant, see Migrate to SQL Server on the SQL Server web site.

Management Tools


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
SQL Server management objects (SMO)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Configuration Manager
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL CMD (command prompt tool)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Management Studio
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (Basic version)
Yes (Basic Version)
Yes (Basic version)
SQL Server Profiler
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Agent
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Database Engine Tuning Advisor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Operations Manager Pack
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Development Tools

Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Microsoft Visual Studio Integration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL query and edit and design tools
Yes
Yes
Yes
IntelliSense (Transact-SQL and MDX)
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
(SSMS is not installed with this edition)
Yes
Yes
Version control support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Business Intelligence Development Studio
Yes
Yes
MDX edit, debug, and design tools
Yes
Yes

Programmability


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Common language runtime (CLR) integration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Native XML support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML indexing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MERGE capabilities
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FILESTREAM support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Date and Time data types
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internationalization support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Full-text search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Specification of language in query
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Service Broker (messaging)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Client only
Client only
Client only
Client only
XML/A support
Yes
Yes
Web services (HTTP/SOAP endpoints)
Yes
Yes

Spatial and Location Services


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Spatial indexes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Geodetic data type
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced spatial libraries
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Standards-based spatial support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Integration Services


SQL Server Standard or Enterprise is required to design and run Integration Services packages. The Integration Services features that are installed by Workgroup, Web, and Express are only for use by the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard.
Feature
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
SQL Server Import and Export Wizard, and the basic Integration Services features required by the wizard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SSIS Designer including VSTA scripting
Yes
Yes
Integration Services service, wizards, and command prompt utilities
Yes
Yes
Basic tasks and transformations in addition to those used by the Import and Export Wizard
Yes
Yes
Log providers and logging
Yes
Yes
Data profiling tools
Yes
Yes
Additional sources and destinations:
Raw File source
XML source
DataReader destination
Raw File destination
Recordset destination
SQL Server Compact destination
SQL Server destination
Yes
Yes
Advanced sources, transformations, and destinations:
Data Mining Query transformation
Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping transformations
Term Extraction and Term Lookup transformations
Data Mining Model Training destination
Dimension Processing destination
Partition Processing destination
Yes

Data Warehouse Creation


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Create cubes without a database
Yes
Yes
Auto-generate staging and data warehouse schema
Yes
Yes
Attribute relationship designer
Yes
Yes
Efficient aggregation designers
Yes
Yes

Data Warehouse Scale and Performance


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Change data capture
Yes
Star join query optimization
Yes
Scalable read-only AS configuration
Yes
Proactive caching
Yes
Auto parallel partition processing
Yes
Partitioned cubes
Yes
Distributed partitioned cubes
Yes

Multi-Dimensional Analytics


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
SQL Server Analysis Services service
Yes
Yes
SQL Server Analysis Services backup
Yes
Yes
General performance/scale improvements
Yes
Yes
Dimension, attribute relationship, aggregate, and cube design improvements
Yes
Yes
Personalization extensions
Yes
Yes
Financial aggregations
Yes
Custom rollups
Yes
Semi-additive measures
Yes
Writeback dimensions
Yes
Linked measures and dimensions
Yes
Binary and compressed XML transport
Yes
Yes
Account intelligence
Yes
Perspectives
Yes
Analysis Services shared, scalable databases
Yes

Data Mining


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Standard algorithms
Yes
Yes
Data mining tools: wizards, editors, query builders
Yes
Yes
Cross validation
Yes
Models on filtered subsets of mining structure data
Yes
Time series: custom blending between ARTXP and ARIMA models
Yes
Time series: prediction with new data
Yes
Unlimited concurrent data mining queries
Yes
Advanced configuration and tuning for algorithms
Yes
Algorithm plug-in API
Yes
Parallel model processing
Yes
Time series: cross-series prediction
Yes
Unlimited attributes for association rules
Yes
Sequence prediction
Yes
Multiple prediction targets for naïve Bayes, neural network, and logistic regression
Yes

Reporting


Feature Name
Enterprise
Standard
Workgroup
Web
Express
Express Tools
Express Advanced
Report server
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Report Designer
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Report Manager
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (Report Manager)
Yes (Report Manager)
Role-based security
Yes
Yes
Yes (Fixed roles)
Yes (Fixed roles)
Yes (Fixed roles)
Ad-hoc reporting (Report builder)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Word export and enhanced text formatting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Enterprise-scale reporting engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IIS-agnostic report deployment
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Updated management tools
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Report definition customization extension (RDCE)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SharePoint integration
Yes
Yes
Enhanced SSRS gauges and charting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom authentication
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Export to Excel, PDF, and images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Remote and non-relational data source support
Yes
Yes
E-mail and file share delivery
Yes
Yes
Report history, scheduling, subscriptions, and caching
Yes
Yes
Data source, delivery, and rendering extensibility
Yes
Yes
Scale out (Web farms)
Yes
Infinite clickthrough
Yes
Data-driven subscriptions
Yes
Reporting Services memory limits
OS Maximum
OS Maximum
4 GB
4 GB
4 GB


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