EDITIONS:

1. Enterprise – Top end edition with all features- very expensive

2. Standard – less features than Enterprise- no req. of advanced s/w
3. Developer – similar to enterprise but licensed only for development, testing. Upgraded to any
other edition at any time
4. Enterprise Evaluation – same as Enterprise- licensed for evaluation purposes- 180 day trial-
Upgraded to any other edition at any time
5. Business Intelligence – new intro in SQL Server 2012. Same as standard + support for advanced
features

VERSIONS:

VERSION YEAR
6.0 1995
6.5 1996
7.0 1998
8.0 (2000) 2000
9.0 (2005) 2005
10.0(2008) 2008
10.5 (2008 R2) 2010
11.0 (2012) 2012
12.0 (2014) 2014
13.0 2016
Note : SQL server 2017 is going to be released with platform independent features

REQUIREMENTS:

 SQL Server 2016 - x84 processor

Windows 2012 to windows 2012 R2
.NET Framework 4.6 , windows powershell
 SQL server 2014 – x64 and x84 processor
Windows 2008 SP2 to 2012 R2
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 & 4.0 , windows powershell
 SQL server 2012 – x64
Windows 2008 SP2 to 2012 R2
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1, windows powershell

INSTALLATION:

STEP 1: Once we click on 'setup' application, Click Installation which is on the left side of the screen
opens.

STEP 2: Click the first option of the right side seen on the screen. The screen will open.

STEP 3: Click OK and the screen pops up.

STEP 4: Click Next to get the new screen.

STEP 5: Make sure to check the product key selection and click Next.

STEP 6: Select the checkbox to accept the license option and click Next.

STEP 7: Select SQL Server feature installation option and click Next.

STEP 8: Enter the named instance and click Next.

STEP 9: Click Next on the screen appears and the new screen appears.

STEP 10: Select service account names and start-up types for the above listed services and click
Collation.

STEP 11: Make sure the correct collation selection is checked and click Next.

STEP 12: Make sure authentication mode selection and administrators are checked and click Data
Directories.

STEP 13 : Make sure to select the above directory locations and click Next. The screen appears

STEP 14: Click Next .

STEP 15: Make sure to check the above selection correctly and click Install.

Feature comparison of enterprise and standard:

fine grained auditing, transparent database encryption, and extensible key

management.

Oracle publishing and peer-to-peer transactional replication.

database snapshots, AlwaysOn availability groups, multisubnet clusters and

mirrored backups.
table and index partitioning, data compressionand partition table parallelism.
peer-to-peer transactional replication, parallel indexed operations and the
automatic use of indexed views