Microsoft SQL Server 2025 Standard Edition 1 Server Perpetual License
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Microsoft SQL Server 2025 Standard Edition 1 Server Perpetual Licence (DG7GMGF0VNJS:0002) - Local Support
A Server Licence Is Only Half of What You Need
This is the server licence under Microsoft's Server plus CAL model. On its own it entitles you to run the software; it does not entitle anyone to connect to it. Every user or device that accesses the server needs a Client Access Licence as well, and CALs are bought separately — we list both the User CAL and the Device CAL.
Microsoft's Product Terms set the scope of the server licence itself: “For Products under the Server/CAL License Model, customer may use one Running Instance of server software in either a Physical OSE or Virtual OSE on a Licensed Server for each License it acquires.” One licence, one running instance, physical or virtual.
The model is worth choosing deliberately. Server plus CAL usually wins where a modest number of known users or devices connect to a server with a lot of cores. Per-core licensing usually wins where user numbers are large, unknown, or external. We will cost both for you before you commit.
Server Plus CAL Is Standard Edition Only
Microsoft's licensing guidance states it plainly: “Server + CAL licensing is only available with Standard edition and is not available with Pay-as-you-go billing.” There is no Enterprise server licence and no Enterprise CAL. If your workload needs Enterprise, per-core licensing is the only route.
Standard edition itself is capped at the lesser of four sockets or 32 cores, with a 256 GB buffer pool per instance and a 524 PB maximum database size. Partitioning, data compression, In-Memory OLTP and — new in SQL Server 2025 — Resource Governor are all included. Full Always On availability groups, online index rebuild and Transparent Data Encryption are not; those are Enterprise.
Every Connecting User or Device Needs a CAL, Including Unattended Ones
This is where SQL Server orders most often go wrong. Microsoft's licensing guidance is explicit: “CALs are required even when the server is accessed indirectly. Additionally, all devices accessing SQL Server require a CAL, even if they are not attended to by a human.”
In practice that means putting a web front end or a middle-tier application server between your users and the database does not reduce the number of CALs you need. This is the multiplexing rule, and it catches out a great many buyers who assume one application server means one CAL.
It also means unattended devices — scanners, sensors, kiosks, machines on a production line — need CALs of their own. If you are licensing a shop floor or a fleet of shared terminals, Device CALs are usually the cheaper answer; if your staff each use several devices, User CALs are.
Buying Through SourceIT in Singapore
Microsoft's published open no-level estimated retail price for a Standard server licence is US$989, with CALs at US$230 each, captured on 8 September 2026. Microsoft also lists a bundle on the Microsoft Store Singapore — “Microsoft SQL Server 2025 Standard edition Perpetual 1 Server Licence plus 10 CALs” at SG$4,460.00 — which is the only Singapore-dollar SQL Server 2025 price Microsoft publishes. That is a bundle, not a like-for-like comparison with this standalone server licence.
We quote in Singapore dollars with a GST invoice, and we will size the CAL count with you before you order rather than after. This is a licence, not hardware, so it carries no hardware warranty; what it carries is local support.
Supplied by SourceIT in Singapore with a GST invoice and local support. For a written quotation, current stock position or delivery lead time, contact our team.
Microsoft SQL Server 2025 Standard Server Licence Datasheet — Licensing and Specifications
Licence
| Product name | Microsoft SQL Server 2025 Standard edition, server licence |
| Part number (SourceIT) | DG7GMGF0VNJS:0002 |
| Licensing model | Server plus CAL. Client Access Licences are required and sold separately |
| Licence type | Perpetual — a one-time purchase, no Software Assurance included |
| What one licence grants | Microsoft: “one Running Instance of server software in either a Physical OSE or Virtual OSE on a Licensed Server” |
| Edition availability | Server plus CAL is available on Standard edition only. There is no Enterprise server licence |
| CALs required for | Every user or device that accesses the server, including indirect access and unattended devices |
| Microsoft published list price | US$989 server licence, US$230 per CAL — open no-level estimated retail, captured 8 September 2026 |
| Microsoft Store Singapore | SG$4,460.00 for the 1 Server plus 10 CALs bundle — the only SGD figure Microsoft publishes for SQL Server 2025 |
| Local support (Singapore) | Supplied by SourceIT with local support and a GST invoice |
Standard Edition Scale and Feature Limits
| Maximum compute, Database Engine | Enterprise: operating system maximum. Standard: limited to the lesser of 4 sockets or 32 cores |
| Maximum buffer pool memory per instance | Enterprise: operating system maximum. Standard: 256 GB |
| Maximum columnstore segment cache | Enterprise: unlimited. Standard: 32 GB |
| Maximum memory-optimised data per database | Enterprise: unlimited. Standard: 32 GB |
| Maximum relational database size | 524 PB on both Enterprise and Standard |
| Always On availability groups | Enterprise only, including distributed and contained availability groups |
| Basic availability groups | Standard only |
| Always On failover cluster instances | Enterprise and Standard |
| Online and resumable index create or rebuild | Enterprise only |
| Transparent Data Encryption | Enterprise only |
| Table and index partitioning, data compression, In-Memory OLTP | Enterprise and Standard (Standard capped at 32 GB memory-optimised data per database) |
| Resource Governor | Enterprise and Standard — new to Standard in SQL Server 2025 |
What Microsoft Does Not Publish for This SKU
Microsoft's pricing datasheet lists a single CAL price and does not publish separate User CAL and Device CAL list prices, so we do not either. Nor does it publish Software Assurance pricing or a Singapore-dollar price for the standalone server licence.
Server Plus CAL: How the Model Works, and the Multiplexing Trap
| Server licence | This SKU. Entitles one running instance of SQL Server on one licensed server, in a physical or virtual operating system environment |
| Client Access Licence | Sold separately, one per accessing user or per accessing device. Required in addition to the server licence |
| User CAL | Microsoft: “allows access to corresponding version of the server software or earlier versions of the server software from any device by one user” |
| Device CAL | Microsoft: “allows access to corresponding versions of the server software or earlier versions of the server software from one device by any user” |
| CAL version rule | A CAL grants access to its own version or earlier. A SQL Server 2025 CAL reaches a 2025, 2022 or 2019 server; a 2022 CAL does not reach a 2025 server |
| Indirect access | Microsoft: “CALs are required even when the server is accessed indirectly.” A web or application tier does not reduce the count |
| Unattended devices | Microsoft: “all devices accessing SQL Server require a CAL, even if they are not attended to by a human” |
When Per-Core Licensing Is the Better Buy
If the number of users or devices is large, unknown, or outside your organisation — a public-facing web application, for instance — counting CALs becomes impossible and per-core licensing is the answer. Under per-core, Microsoft confirms that “unlimited users and devices can access SQL Server… without Client Access Licenses”. We list Standard and Enterprise two-core packs in both perpetual and annual subscription form.
Lifecycle, Support Dates and Extended Security Updates
SQL Server 2025 reached general availability on 18 November 2025 under Microsoft's Fixed Lifecycle Policy.
| Release (general availability) | 18 November 2025 |
| Lifecycle policy | Fixed Lifecycle Policy |
| Mainstream end date | 7 January 2031 |
| Extended end date | 7 January 2036 |
| Dates published in | Pacific Time, per Microsoft's lifecycle database |
| Applies to | All editions on Windows and on Linux |
Where the Older Versions Stand
| SQL Server 2022 | Mainstream ends 12 January 2028, extended ends 12 January 2033 |
| SQL Server 2019 | Mainstream ended 1 March 2025; extended runs to 9 January 2030 |
| SQL Server 2017 | Extended support ends 13 October 2027 |
| SQL Server 2016 | Extended support ended 15 July 2026 per the lifecycle page — out of support. Microsoft's Extended Security Updates FAQ renders the same date as 14 July 2026; we publish the lifecycle figure and name the discrepancy |
Extended Security Updates
Microsoft calls the programme “a last resort paid option… a temporary bridge”. It delivers critical security updates only, for up to three years past the extended end date, on Enterprise and Standard editions only. Microsoft publishes no list price for it.
Support and Warranty Position
A software licence carries no hardware warranty. SourceIT supplies this licence with local Singapore support and a GST invoice. No warranty term is quoted or implied.
Compatibility, Deployment and System Requirements
| Processor architecture | x64 only. Microsoft: “Installation of SQL Server is supported on x64 processors only.” Intel and AMD x86-64 CPUs, up to 64 cores per NUMA node |
| Processor speed | Minimum 1.4 GHz; Microsoft recommends 2.0 GHz or faster |
| Memory | Minimum 1 GB (Express 512 MB). Microsoft recommends at least 4 GB, increased as the database grows |
| Disk space | Minimum 6 GB available, and 6 GB must be free on the system drive even when components are installed elsewhere |
| .NET | SQL Server 2025 requires .NET Framework 4.7.2 |
| Supported Windows | Windows Server 2025, 2022 and 2019 (all editions, including Server Core); Windows 11 or greater; Windows 10 or greater |
| Supported Linux | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x and 10.x; Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04; Docker Engine 1.8+ on Linux. File systems XFS or ext4 |
| No longer supported | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Microsoft: “Starting with SQL Server 2025 (17.x), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is no longer supported.” |
Discontinued and Deprecated in SQL Server 2025
Microsoft lists the following as discontinued in SQL Server 2025: Data Quality Services, Master Data Services, Azure Synapse Link, Purview access policies, Web edition, and Express with Advanced Services. Hot add CPU and lightweight pooling (fiber mode) are deprecated. Check any dependency on these before you upgrade.
Editions Microsoft Publishes for 2025
Enterprise, Standard, Enterprise Developer, Standard Developer, Evaluation and Express. Standard Developer edition is new in 2025 and, like Enterprise Developer, is free and licensed for development and test only, not production. Express is free and its maximum database size is now 50 GB, raised from earlier versions; Express with Advanced Services has been folded into Express and discontinued as a separate edition.
Official Microsoft Sources & Downloads
- SQL Server 2025 licensing guidance — microsoft.com/licensing
- Microsoft Product Terms, SQL Server — CAL definitions and the Server/CAL model
- Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2025 — Microsoft Learn
- What's new in SQL Server 2025 — Microsoft Learn
- Hardware and software requirements for SQL Server 2025 — Microsoft Learn
- SQL Server 2025 lifecycle — Microsoft Learn
- SQL Server 2025 Standard edition — Microsoft Store Singapore
- SQL Server Extended Security Updates FAQ — Microsoft Learn
Supplied by SourceIT in Singapore with a GST invoice and local support. For a written quotation, current stock position or delivery lead time, contact our team.
Frequently Asked Questions — SQL Server 2025 Standard Edition 1 Server Perpetual Licence
Does this licence include any CALs?
No. This is the server licence alone. Every user or device that accesses the server needs a Client Access Licence, sold separately. We list both User CALs and Device CALs.
How many CALs do I need?
One per accessing user, or one per accessing device, whichever model suits you — and you may mix the two. Count every user or device that touches the data, including through a web or application tier, and including unattended machines.
Does a web application reduce the CAL count?
No. Microsoft states that “CALs are required even when the server is accessed indirectly”. This is the multiplexing rule and it is the most expensive misunderstanding in SQL Server licensing.
Can I buy Enterprise edition this way?
No. Microsoft publishes Server plus CAL for Standard edition only. Enterprise is licensed per core.
Should I use Server plus CAL or per-core?
Server plus CAL tends to win with a modest, countable user population on a server with many cores. Per-core wins when users are numerous, unknown or external — and it needs no CALs at all. Ask us to cost both.
What can one server licence run?
Microsoft's Product Terms allow “one Running Instance of server software in either a Physical OSE or Virtual OSE on a Licensed Server” per licence acquired.
How long is it supported?
Mainstream support for SQL Server 2025 ends 7 January 2031; extended support ends 7 January 2036.
Is there a warranty?
Not a hardware warranty — this is a software licence. SourceIT provides local Singapore support and a GST invoice.
