Microsoft SQL Server Big Data Node Cores Pack Annual Subscription (12 Months)
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Microsoft SQL Server Big Data Node Cores Pack (DG7GMGF0FKZX:0003) - Local Support
Read This First: Microsoft Retired This Product on 28 February 2025
SQL Server Big Data Clusters was retired by Microsoft on 28 February 2025. Microsoft's lifecycle announcement states it directly: “SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters will be retired on February 28, 2025.” Microsoft's own documentation now records the retirement in the past tense: “On February 28, 2025, SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters retired.”
Big Data Clusters was a SQL Server 2019 feature only. It was never part of SQL Server 2022, and it is not part of SQL Server 2025. There is no such thing as a SQL Server 2025 Big Data Node, and this page will not pretend otherwise.
We are publishing this page as a factual record rather than as a datasheet for a current product. Please speak to us before ordering. In almost every case the right answer is a different product.
What Microsoft No Longer Publishes for This SKU
The Big Data Node licence does not appear in the SQL Server 2025 pricing datasheet, the SQL Server 2025 licensing guidance, or the current Microsoft Product Terms for SQL Server.
The one Microsoft page that still mentions Big Data Nodes is the legacy SQL Server product-licensing page, which is written around SQL Server 2022 and states “Big Data Nodes: Per-core licensing for worker nodes in big data environments under Enterprise Edition use rights.” That is residual text on a page Microsoft has not updated, not evidence of a current product.
Because Microsoft publishes no current specification, price or entitlement for this SKU, this page carries none. We would rather leave every field blank than print figures we cannot substantiate against a live Microsoft source.
What Microsoft Recommends Instead
Microsoft's own migration guidance for customers leaving Big Data Clusters names four routes: Azure SQL together with Azure Machine Learning; Azure SQL from Databricks; Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric; and SQL Server on Windows with Apache Spark and on-premises object storage.
For most customers who were considering Big Data Nodes, the natural replacement is SQL Server 2025 Enterprise edition, which now carries mirroring into Microsoft Fabric natively and handles parquet, Delta and CSV without PolyBase services. Microsoft's words on the latter: “PolyBase services no longer required for parquet, Delta, or CSV.”
We list SQL Server 2025 Enterprise and Standard two-core packs in both perpetual and annual subscription form. Tell us what the Big Data Cluster was going to do and we will size the replacement properly.
SQL Server Big Data Node Cores Pack — Retirement Status and What Microsoft Publishes
Status
| Product status | RETIRED. SQL Server Big Data Clusters retired 28 February 2025 |
| Retirement announced | 1 March 2022, giving three years' notice |
| Which SQL Server version it belonged to | SQL Server 2019 only. Never shipped in SQL Server 2022 or SQL Server 2025 |
| Part number (SourceIT) | DG7GMGF0FKZX:0003 |
| Listed in the SQL Server 2025 pricing datasheet | No |
| Listed in the SQL Server 2025 licensing guidance | No |
| Listed in the current Microsoft Product Terms for SQL Server | No |
| Only surviving mention | The legacy SQL Server product-licensing page, which is SQL Server 2022-era content Microsoft has not updated |
| Current Microsoft list price | None published. Microsoft's SQL Server 2025 pricing datasheet does not carry this SKU |
| Current specification | None published. We publish no cores, no scale limits and no entitlements for this SKU because Microsoft publishes none |
Microsoft's Own Words
Lifecycle announcement: “SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters will be retired on February 28, 2025.” Microsoft Learn, after the event: “On February 28, 2025, SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters retired.” The original announcement added that “existing users of SQL Server 2019 with Software Assurance will be fully supported on the platform for the next three years, through February 2025” — that period has ended.
Why This Page Carries No Specifications
Microsoft publishes nothing current for this SKU, so there is nothing current to publish. Inventing specifications for a retired product would be worse than saying so plainly.
What Replaced It: Microsoft's Published Migration Routes
From Microsoft's big data options guidance, the four routes Microsoft names:
| In-cloud, option 1 | Azure SQL together with Azure Machine Learning |
| In-cloud, option 2 | Azure SQL from Databricks |
| Hybrid, option 3 | Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric |
| Hybrid, option 4 | SQL Server on Windows, Apache Spark, and object storage on-premises |
Why SQL Server 2025 Enterprise Is Usually the Answer
SQL Server 2025 brings two capabilities that cover much of what Big Data Clusters was bought for. Mirroring in Fabric — Microsoft: “continuously replicate data to Microsoft Fabric from SQL Server 2025 on-premises” — and native external data support, where Microsoft states “PolyBase services no longer required for parquet, Delta, or CSV”. PolyBase also now runs on Linux against ODBC data sources.
Add to that the 2025 AI and vector features — a native vector data type, vector distance functions, external AI model management and embedding generation in the database engine — and the analytical workloads that once justified a Big Data Cluster now sit inside the database itself.
We list SQL Server 2025 Enterprise and Standard two-core packs, perpetual and annual subscription. Enterprise is licensed per core only, with a minimum of four core licences per physical processor.
SQL Server Lifecycle Dates, for Context
If you are here because you are planning a data platform, these are the dates that matter.
SQL Server 2025 — the current release, and the one we would quote you
| 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 |
Older Versions
| SQL Server 2022 | Mainstream ends 12 January 2028, extended ends 12 January 2033 |
| SQL Server 2019 | The version Big Data Clusters belonged to. Mainstream support ended 1 March 2025; extended support runs to 9 January 2030. Big Data Clusters itself retired 28 February 2025, ahead of the rest of the product |
| SQL Server 2017 | Extended support ends 13 October 2027 |
| SQL Server 2016 | Extended support ended 15 July 2026 — out of support |
Support and Warranty Position
A software licence carries no hardware warranty, and a retired product carries no Microsoft support at all. SourceIT can advise on migration and quote the replacement licensing. No warranty term is quoted or implied.
Before You Order: Please Talk to Us
Microsoft retired SQL Server Big Data Clusters on 28 February 2025, and this SKU is the licence for that retired product. Please talk to us before ordering and we will identify the current alternative for the workload you have in mind.
What We Will Do
| If you have an existing Big Data Cluster | We will scope the migration against Microsoft's four published routes and quote the replacement licensing |
| If you have not yet bought one | We will find out what workload it was meant to carry and quote SQL Server 2025 Enterprise or Standard instead |
| If you need the analytics | SQL Server 2025 carries mirroring into Microsoft Fabric, native parquet, Delta and CSV support, and in-engine vector and AI functions |
| If you are unsure | Ask. There is no charge for a sizing conversation and it takes one call |
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.
Official Microsoft Sources & Downloads
- SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters retirement announcement — Microsoft Learn
- Big data options on the Microsoft SQL Server platform — Microsoft Learn, the migration routes
- SQL Server 2019 lifecycle — Microsoft Learn
- SQL Server 2025 lifecycle — Microsoft Learn
- SQL Server 2025 licensing guidance — microsoft.com/licensing (Big Data Nodes do not appear)
- What's new in SQL Server 2025 — Microsoft Learn, including Fabric mirroring and PolyBase changes
Microsoft publishes no current product page, price or specification for a Big Data Node licence — the links above are the surviving official record of the retirement. 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 Big Data Node Cores Pack
Is this product still current?
No. Microsoft retired SQL Server Big Data Clusters on 28 February 2025. Big Data Clusters was a SQL Server 2019 feature and was never part of SQL Server 2022 or SQL Server 2025.
Is there a SQL Server 2025 Big Data Node?
No. No such product exists in any Microsoft source. If you have seen one advertised as such, the description is wrong.
Why does the page not list any specifications?
Because Microsoft publishes none for this SKU any more. It is absent from the SQL Server 2025 pricing datasheet, the 2025 licensing guidance and the current Product Terms. We do not invent figures for a retired product.
What should I buy instead?
Microsoft names four migration routes: Azure SQL with Azure Machine Learning, Azure SQL from Databricks, Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric, or SQL Server on Windows with Apache Spark and on-premises object storage. For most customers SQL Server 2025 Enterprise, which carries Fabric mirroring and native parquet, Delta and CSV support, is the replacement.
I already run a Big Data Cluster. What now?
It will keep running, but it receives no Microsoft support or updates. Talk to us and we will scope the migration.
Can I still buy it?
Please contact us before ordering. We will tell you honestly what the position is with the distributor and what we would recommend instead.
Is there a warranty?
Not a hardware warranty — this is a software licence. A retired product also carries no Microsoft support.
