What are SQL Server versions and editions?

What is SQL Server version history and different editions?

SQL Server is defined as a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Microsoft. T-SQL means Transact-SQL, a propriety Language by Microsoft. Microsoft and Sybase released version 1.0 in 1989. Various Editions of SQL Server are Enterprise, Standard, Web, Developer, and Express.

What is the difference between SQL Server versions?

The most well known differences between SQL Express and other editions are the caps on database size (10GB) and lack of a SQL Agent feature. There are many other differences though, some of which can be extremely important for some application and architecture requirements.

How many versions are there in SQL?

Between 1995 and 2016, Microsoft released 10 versions of SQL Server. The early versions were designed for departmental and workgroup applications. Microsoft expanded SQL Server's capabilities to make it an enterprise-class relational DBMS that could compete with Oracle Database, DB2, and other popular databases.

Which SQL Server edition should I use?

You use Standard Edition – because it supports 128GB RAM (and can even go beyond that for some internal stuff like query plans.) You want to stay here until 2025-2026 – this version has more years left in its support life than SQL Server 2012/2014, so you can install it once and stick around longer.