| SQL Server 2014 SP3 Web on Windows Server 2012 R2 | For production workloads we recommend that you use a virtual machine size of E16ds-v4 or higher. This image has been pre-configured for Windows Azure, including enabling CEIP which can be disabled, for more info see here. |
| SQL Server 2014 SP3 Standard on Windows Server 2012 R2 | For production workloads we recommend that you use a virtual machine size of E16as-v4 or higher. This image has been pre-configured for Windows Azure, including enabling CEIP which can be disabled, for more info see here. |
| SQL Server 2014 SP3 Express on Windows Server 2012 R2 | This image contains the Express with Tools version of SQL Server. This image does not charge for a SQL license and it is tailored for dev/test and micro workloads. This image has been pre-configured for Windows Azure, including enabling CEIP which can be disabled, for more info see here. |
| SQL Server 2014 SP3 Enterprise on Windows Server 2012 R2 | This image contains the full version of SQL Server. For production workloads we recommend that you use a virtual machine size of E16ds-v4 or higher. This image has been pre-configured for Windows Azure, including enabling CEIP which can be disabled, for more info see here. |
| Free SQL Server License: SQL Server 2014 SP3 Developer on Windows Server 2012 R2 | This image contains the Developer edition of SQL Server 2014 SP3 on Windows Server 2012 R2. This free edition (no SQL Server licensing cost) includes all the functionality of Enterprise edition, but it is licensed for development and testing only, not production. It provides comprehensive capabilities for mission-critical transactional processing, data warehousing, and real-time business intelligence. It includes the database engine with support for In-Memory transactional processing and analytics, intelligent query processing and new graph capabilities for modeling many-to-many relationships. This edition also includes Always On for +99.99% high availability and read scale-out capabilities. Various layers of protection, including innovative features like Always Encrypted with secure enclaves and Row-Level Security for the highest data protection, plus data classification capabilities and a Vulnerability Assessment tool for compliance. SQL Server Machine Learning Services for integrated advanced analytics with Python and R language support. Includes Integration Services for moving and transforming data, Analysis Services for data mining, and Reporting Services for web and mobile reports. We recommend that you use a virtual machine size of D8ds-v4 or higher for development and functional testing, E16ds-v4 or higher for performance testing. |
