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Regarding Compliance of SQL Developer

Yozuke Hizawa 41 Reputation points
2024-05-10T14:30:25.82+00:00

SQL Developer right now can be consider as free if not used as production environment.

But there still something missing information, consider i read the EULA for how SQLDev work. ( https://download.microsoft.com/download/e/2/9/e29a9331-965d-4faa-bd2e-7c1db7cd8348/SQL_Server_2019_Licensing_guide.pdf Regarding with the user that wanted to use the SQL Developer.

  1. Do we need to licensing every developer to be able using the SQL Developer ? If yes, does VS Professional CSP is sufficient ? if not, what kind license do we need to purchase to become eligible using the SQL Developer ? ( we ensure that Windows Server will be licensed on SQL Developer apps )
  2. What kind criteria environment can be considered as non production or eligible to use SQL Developer, right now we have 2 cluster server, the production cluster of course already licensed by standard SQL Edition. but we wanted to use our other cluster that already EOS to become our developer instance to test database or some related apps. The interaction only developer and user to running some UAT, is there any maximum concurrent user that required to be considered as non production ?
  3. Regarding to user, does the user require to be licensing either to access the UAT sites ?
  4. Is it okay if we testing the development using real data from production ( backup and restore ) ? this scenario to test how much load will be require to pull some report. and for how long can be considered okay for retaining the ex production data on SQL Developer ?

Of course i will gladly to tried call https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/contact-us, but second opinion will not hurt to ensure my question is related and normal to be asked.

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  1. Bruce (SqlWork.com) 57,646 Reputation points
    2024-05-10T19:07:39.4466667+00:00

    as there are monetary penalties for misuse, you should check with MS rather than a user forum.

    In general the developers license is free to use for testing and development. You don't need a Visual Studio license. The main restriction is it can not be used to collect or process production data.

    A production environment is defined as an environment that is accessed by end-users of an application (such as an Internet website) and that is used for more than gathering feedback or acceptance testing of that application.

    while you can load production data (generally not a good idea if it contains PMI data), this can only be used for testing, not for instance, to produce a report that is used outside of testing.

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  1. Erland Sommarskog 102.2K Reputation points
    2024-05-10T21:16:26.2366667+00:00

    I think that link in the bottom of your post is the way to go. This is a technical forum, and your question is a legal one. You cannot get authoritative answers here.

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  2. ZoeHui-MSFT 33,386 Reputation points
    2024-05-11T01:52:50.2266667+00:00

    Hi @Yozuke Hizawa,

    This is a community forum for technical questions & issues.

    For question regarding pricing / licensing please contact a Microsoft sales partner or licensing expert.

    Please call 1-800-426-9400, Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (Pacific Time) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing specialist. Or you can go to Volume Licensing Service Center support. Please choose region/language and choose to call or have web. People there will help you more effectively.

    Regards，

    Zoe Hui

    If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it.

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