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Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2019 |
Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2019 |
MikeRayMSFT |
mikeray |
randolphwest |
09/16/2024 |
sql |
release-landing |
conceptual |
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>= sql-server-2016 |
[!INCLUDE sqlserver2019]
This article provides details of features supported by the various editions of [!INCLUDE sssql19-md].
For information about other versions, see:
For information about Azure SQL, see Features comparison: Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
Installation requirements vary based on your application needs. The different editions of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] accommodate the unique performance, runtime, and price requirements of organizations and individuals. The [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] components that you install also depend on your specific requirements. The following sections help you understand how to make the best choice among the editions and components available in [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion].
For the latest release notes and what's new information, see the following:
- [[!INCLUDE sssql19-md] release notes](../sql-server/sql-server-version-15-release-notes.md)
- What's new in SQL Server 2019
Try [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]!: [Download [!INCLUDE sssql19-md] from the Evaluation Center](https://www.microsoft.com/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2019)
[!INCLUDE sql-server-editions]
You can install just the [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] client components on a computer that is running client/server applications that connect directly to an instance of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]. A client components installation is also a good option if you administer an instance of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] on a database server, or if you plan to develop [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] applications.
The client tools option installs the following [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] features: backward compatibility components, [!INCLUDE ssBIDevStudio], connectivity components, management tools, software development kit, and [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Books Online components. For more information, see [Install [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]](../database-engine/install-windows/install-sql-server.md).
On an internet server, such as a server that is running Internet Information Services (IIS), you will typically install the [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] client tools. Client tools include the client connectivity components used by an application connecting to an instance of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion].
Note
Although you can install an instance of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] on a computer that is running IIS, this is typically done only for small Web sites that have a single server computer. Most Web sites have their middle-tier IIS systems on one server or a cluster of servers, and their databases on a separate server or federation of servers.
Use the Feature Selection page of the [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Installation Wizard to select the components to include in an installation of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]. By default, none of the features in the tree are selected.
Use the information in the following tables to determine the set of features that best fits your needs.
Server features | Description |
---|---|
[!INCLUDE ssDEnoversion] | [!INCLUDE ssDEnoversion] includes the [!INCLUDE ssDE], the core service for storing, processing, and securing data, replication, full-text search, tools for managing relational and XML data, in database analytics integration, and PolyBase integration for access to Hadoop and other heterogeneous data sources, and Machine Learning Services to run Python and R scripts with relational data. |
[!INCLUDE ssASnoversion] | [!INCLUDE ssASnoversion] includes the tools for creating and managing online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining applications. |
[!INCLUDE ssRSnoversion] | [!INCLUDE ssRSnoversion] includes server and client components for creating, managing, and deploying tabular, matrix, graphical, and free-form reports. [!INCLUDE ssRSnoversion] is also an extensible platform that you can use to develop report applications. |
[!INCLUDE ssISnoversion] | [!INCLUDE ssISnoversion] is a set of graphical tools and programmable objects for moving, copying, and transforming data. It also includes the [!INCLUDE ssDQSnoversion] (DQS) component for [!INCLUDE ssISnoversion]. |
[!INCLUDE ssMDSshort] | [!INCLUDE ssMDSshort] (MDS) is the [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] solution for master data management. MDS can be configured to manage any domain (products, customers, accounts) and includes hierarchies, granular security, transactions, data versioning, and business rules, as well as an [!INCLUDE ssMDSXLS] that can be used to manage data. |
Machine Learning Services (In-Database) | Machine Learning Services (In-Database) supports distributed, scalable machine learning solutions using enterprise data sources. In [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] 2016, the R language was supported. [!INCLUDE sssql19-md] supports R and Python. |
Machine Learning Server (Standalone) | Machine Learning Server (Standalone) supports deployment of distributed, scalable machine learning solutions on multiple platforms and using multiple enterprise data sources, including Linux and Hadoop. In [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] 2016, the R language was supported. [!INCLUDE sssql19-md] supports R and Python. |
Management tools | Description |
---|---|
[!INCLUDE ssManStudioFull] | [!INCLUDE ssManStudioFull] (SSMS) is an integrated environment to access, configure, manage, administer, and develop components of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]. SSMS lets developers and administrators of all skill levels use [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]. The latest edition of SSMS updates SMO, which includes the SQL Assessment API. Download and install [!INCLUDE ssManStudio] from [Download [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Management Studio](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/mt238290.aspx) |
[!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Configuration Manager | [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Configuration Manager provides basic configuration management for [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] services, server protocols, client protocols, and client aliases. |
[!INCLUDE ssSqlProfiler] | [!INCLUDE ssSqlProfiler] provides a graphical user interface to monitor an instance of the [!INCLUDE ssDE] or [!INCLUDE ssASnoversion]. |
[!INCLUDE ssDE] Tuning Advisor | [!INCLUDE ssDE] Tuning Advisor helps create optimal sets of indexes, indexed views, and partitions. |
Data Quality Client | Provides a highly simple and intuitive graphical user interface to connect to the DQS server, and perform data cleansing operations. It also allows you to centrally monitor various activities performed during the data cleansing operation. |
[!INCLUDE ssBIDevStudio] | [!INCLUDE ssBIDevStudio] provides an IDE for building solutions for the Business Intelligence components: [!INCLUDE ssASnoversion], [!INCLUDE ssRSnoversion], and [!INCLUDE ssISnoversion]. (Formerly called Business Intelligence Development Studio). [!INCLUDE ssBIDevStudio] also includes "Database Projects", which provides an integrated environment for database developers to carry out all their database design work for any [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] platform (both on and off premise) within Visual Studio. Database developers can use the enhanced Server Explorer in Visual Studio to easily create or edit database objects and data, or execute queries. |
Connectivity Components | Installs components for communication between clients and servers, and network libraries for DB-Library, ODBC, and OLE DB. |
Documentation | Description |
---|---|
[!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Books Online | Core documentation for [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]. |
Developer and Evaluation editions For features supported by Developer and Evaluation editions, see features listed for the [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Enterprise edition in the tables below.
The Developer edition continues to support only 1 client for [[!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Distributed Replay](../tools/distributed-replay/sql-server-distributed-replay.md).
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maximum compute capacity used by a single instance - [!INCLUDE ssDEnoversion] 1 | Operating system maximum | Limited to lesser of 4 sockets or 24 cores | Limited to lesser of 4 sockets or 16 cores | Limited to lesser of 1 socket or 4 cores | Limited to lesser of 1 socket or 4 cores |
Maximum compute capacity used by a single instance - [!INCLUDE ssASnoversion] or [!INCLUDE ssRSnoversion] | Operating system maximum | Limited to lesser of 4 sockets or 24 cores | Limited to lesser of 4 sockets or 16 cores | Limited to lesser of 1 socket or 4 cores | Limited to lesser of 1 socket or 4 cores |
Maximum memory for buffer pool per instance of [!INCLUDE ssDEnoversion] | Operating System Maximum | 128 GB | 64 GB | 1410 MB | 1410 MB |
Maximum memory for Columnstore segment cache per instance of [!INCLUDE ssDEnoversion] | Unlimited memory | 32 GB | 16 GB | 352 MB | 352 MB |
Maximum memory-optimized data size per database in [!INCLUDE ssDEnoversion] | Unlimited memory | 32 GB | 16 GB | 352 MB | 352 MB |
Maximum memory utilized per instance of [!INCLUDE ssASnoversion] | Operating System Maximum | 16 GB 2 64 GB 3 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
Maximum memory utilized per instance of [!INCLUDE ssRSnoversion] | Operating System Maximum | 64 GB | 64 GB | 4 GB | N/A |
Maximum relational database size | 524 PB | 524 PB | 524 PB | 10 GB | 10 GB |
1 Enterprise edition with Server + Client Access License (CAL) based licensing (not available for new agreements) is limited to a maximum of 20 cores per [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] instance. There are no limits under the Core-based Server Licensing model. For more information, see Compute capacity limits by edition of SQL Server.
2 Tabular
3 MOLAP
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Server core support 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Log shipping | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Database mirroring | Yes | Yes 2 | Yes 3 | Yes 3 | Yes 3 |
Backup compression | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Database snapshot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Always On failover cluster instances 4 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Always On availability groups 5 | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Basic availability groups 6 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Automatic read write connection rerouting | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Online page and file restore | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Online index create and rebuild | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Resumable online index rebuilds | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Online schema change | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Fast recovery | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Accelerated database recovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Mirrored backups | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Hot add memory and CPU | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Database recovery advisor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Encrypted backup | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Hybrid backup to Microsoft Azure (backup to URL) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Cluster-less availability group 5,6 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Failover servers for disaster recovery 7 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Failover servers for high availability 7 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Failover servers for disaster recovery in Azure 7 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
1 For more information on installing [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] on Server Core, see [Install [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] on Server Core](../database-engine/install-windows/install-sql-server-on-server-core.md).
2 Full safety only
3 Witness only
4 On Enterprise edition, the maximum number of nodes is 16. On Standard edition there is support for two nodes.
5 On Enterprise edition, provides support for up to 8 secondary replicas - including 5 synchronous secondary replicas.
6 Standard edition supports basic availability groups. A basic availability group supports two replicas, with one database. For more information about basic availability groups, see Basic Availability Groups.
7 Software assurance required.
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columnstore 1, 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Large object binaries in clustered columnstore indexes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Online non-clustered columnstore index rebuild | Yes | No | No | No | No |
In-Memory Database: In-Memory OLTP 1, 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes 3 | Yes |
In-Memory Database: hybrid buffer pool | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
In-Memory Database: Memory-optimized TempDB metadata | Yes | No | No | No | No |
In-Memory Database: persistent memory support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Stretch Database | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multi-instance support | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Table and index partitioning 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Data compression 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Resource governor | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Partitioned table parallelism 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Multiple filestream containers 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
NUMA aware and large page memory and buffer array allocation | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Buffer pool extension | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
I/O resource governance | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Read-ahead | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Advanced scanning | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Delayed durability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Intelligent Database: automatic tuning | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Intelligent Database: batch mode for row store 1 | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Intelligent Database: row mode memory grant feedback | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Intelligent Database: approximate count distinct | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Intelligent Database: table variable deferred compilation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Intelligent Database: scalar UDF inlining | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Batch mode adaptive joins | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Batch mode memory grant feedback | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Interleaved execution for multi-statement table valued functions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bulk insert improvements | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1 In-Memory OLTP data size and Columnstore segment cache are limited to the amount of memory specified by edition in the Scale Limits section. The degree of parallelism (DOP) for batch mode operations is limited to 2 for [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Standard edition and 1 for [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Web and Express editions. This refers to columnstore indexes created over disk-based tables and memory-optimized tables.
2 Aggregate Pushdown, String Predicate Pushdown, and SIMD Optimizations are [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Enterprise edition scalability enhancements. For more detail, see Columnstore indexes - what's new.
3 This feature isn't included in the LocalDB installation option.
| Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express
with
Advanced
Services | Express |
| --- | :---: | :---: | :-: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| Row-level security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Always Encrypted | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Always Encrypted with Secure Enclaves | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dynamic data masking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Server audit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Database audit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Transparent data encryption (TDE) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Extensible key management (EKM) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| User-defined roles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Contained databases | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption for backups | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Data classification and auditing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heterogeneous subscribers | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Merge replication | Yes | Yes | Yes 1 | Yes 1 | Yes 1 |
Oracle publishing | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Peer to peer transactional replication | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Snapshot replication | Yes | Yes | Yes 1 | Yes 1 | Yes 1 |
[!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] change tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Transactional replication | Yes | Yes | Yes 1 | Yes 1 | Yes 1 |
Transactional replication to Azure | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Transactional replication updatable subscription | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
1 Subscriber only
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SQL Management Objects (SMO) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SQL Assessment API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SQL Vulnerability Assessment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SQL Configuration Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SQL CMD (Command Prompt tool) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Distributed Replay - Admin Tool | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Distribute Replay - Client | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Distributed Replay - Controller | Yes 1 | Yes 2 | Yes 2 | No | No |
SQL Profiler | Yes | Yes | No 3 | No 3 | No 3 |
[!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Agent | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Management Pack | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) | Yes | Yes 4 | Yes 4 | No | No |
1 Up to 16 clients
2 1 client
3 [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Web, [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Express, [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Express with Tools, and [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Express with Advanced Services can be profiled using [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Standard and [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Enterprise editions.
4 Tuning enabled only on Standard edition features
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
User instances | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
LocalDB | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Dedicated admin connection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes 1 | Yes 1 |
SysPrep support 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PowerShell scripting support 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Support for data-tier application component operations - extract, deploy, upgrade, delete | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Policy automation (check on schedule and change) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Performance data collector | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Able to enroll as a managed instance in multi-instance management | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Standard performance reports | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Plan guides and plan freezing for plan guides | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Direct query of indexed views (using NOEXPAND hint) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Direct query SQL Server Analysis Services | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Automatic indexed views maintenance | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Distributed partitioned views | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Parallel index operations | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Automatic use of indexed view by query optimizer | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Parallel consistency check | Yes | No | No | No | No |
[!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Utility Control Point | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Buffer pool extension | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Master instance for big data cluster | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Compatibility certification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1 With trace flag
2 For more information, see [Considerations for Installing [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Using SysPrep](../database-engine/install-windows/considerations-for-installing-sql-server-using-sysprep.md).
3 On Linux, PowerShell scripts are supported, from Windows computers targeting [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] on Linux.
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft Visual Studio integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Intellisense (Transact-SQL and MDX) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
[!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Data Tools (SSDT) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MDX edit, debug, and design tools | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic R integration 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Advanced R integration 2 | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Basic Python integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Advanced Python integration | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Machine Learning Server (Standalone) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
PolyBase compute node | Yes | Yes 3 | Yes 3 | Yes 3 | Yes 3 |
PolyBase head node 4 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
JSON | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Query Store | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Temporal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Common Language Runtime (CLR) Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Java Language Runtime Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Native XML support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
XML indexing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MERGE and UPSERT capabilities | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
FILESTREAM support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
FileTable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Date and Time datatypes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Internationalization support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Full-text and semantic search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Specification of language in query | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Service Broker (messaging) | Yes | Yes | No 5 | No 5 | No 5 |
Transact-SQL endpoints | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Graph | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
UTF-8 support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1 Basic integration is limited to 2 cores and in-memory data sets.
2 Advanced integration can use all available cores for parallel processing of data sets at any size subject to hardware limits.
3 Scale out with multiple compute nodes requires a head node.
4 Prior to SQL Server 2019 PolyBase head node requires Enterprise edition.
5 Client only
For info about [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Integration Services (SSIS) features supported by the editions of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion_md], see Integration Services features supported by the editions of SQL Server.
For information about the [!INCLUDE ssMDSshort_md] and Data Quality Services features supported by the editions of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion_md], see Master Data Services and Data Quality Services Features Support.
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auto-generate staging and data warehouse schema | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Change data capture | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Star join query optimizations | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Parallel query processing on partitioned tables and indexes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Global batch aggregation | Yes | No | No | No | No |
For information about the Analysis Services features supported by the editions of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion_md], see Analysis Services features supported by SQL Server edition.
For information about the Reporting Services features supported by the editions of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion_md], see SQL Server Reporting Services features supported by editions.
For information about the Business Intelligence Client features supported by the editions of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion_md], see Analysis Services features supported by SQL Server edition or SQL Server Reporting Services features supported by editions.
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spatial indexes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Planar and geodetic datatypes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Advanced spatial libraries | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Import/export of industry-standard spatial data formats | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services |
Express |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Migration Assistant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Database mail | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
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