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Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2022

Applies to: SQL Server 2022 (16.x)

This article provides details of features supported by the various editions of SQL Server 2022 (16.x).

For information about other versions, see:

Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2025
Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2019
Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2017

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 SQL Server accommodate the unique performance, runtime, and price requirements of organizations and individuals. The SQL Server 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 SQL Server.

For the latest release notes and what's new information, see the following articles:

SQL Server 2022 release notes
What's new in SQL Server 2022

Try SQL Server! Download SQL Server 2022 from the Evaluation Center.

SQL Server editions

The following table describes the editions of SQL Server.

Edition Definition Enterprise 1 The premier offering, SQL Server Enterprise edition delivers comprehensive high-end datacenter capabilities with blazing-fast performance, unlimited virtualization 1, and end-to-end business intelligence, enabling high service levels for mission-critical workloads and end-user access to data insights. Standard SQL Server Standard edition delivers a balance of performance, security, and affordability for businesses that need enterprise-class capabilities without the complexity. This edition empowers growing businesses with enterprise-grade performance, business intelligence capabilities, and hybrid flexibility. Web 2 SQL Server Web edition is a low total-cost-of-ownership option for Web hosters (including choosing Web edition on IaaS on Azure) and Web VAPs to provide scalability, affordability, and manageability capabilities for small to large-scale Web properties. Developer SQL Server Developer edition lets developers build any kind of application on top of SQL Server. It includes all the functionality of Enterprise edition, but is licensed for use as a development and test system, not as a production server. SQL Server Developer edition is an ideal choice for people who build and test applications. Evaluation SQL Server Evaluation edition includes all the functionality of Enterprise edition. An evaluation deployment is available for 180 days. For more information, see SQL Server Licensing Resources and Documents. Express 3 SQL Server Express edition is the entry-level, free database, ideal for learning and building desktop and small server data-driven applications. It's the best choice for independent software vendors, developers, and hobbyists building client applications. If you need more advanced database features, SQL Server Express can be seamlessly upgraded to other higher end editions of SQL Server. SQL Server Express LocalDB is a lightweight version of Express edition that has all its programmability features, runs in user mode and has a fast, zero-configuration installation and a short list of prerequisites.

1 Enterprise edition offers unlimited virtualization for customers with Software Assurance. Deployments must comply with the licensing guide. For more information, see SQL Server Licensing Resources and Documents.

2 Web edition isn't available in SQL Server 2025 (17.x) and later versions.

3 Starting with SQL Server 2025 (17.x), Express edition includes all the functionality that was available in SQL Server Express edition with Advanced Services.

Choose SQL Server features

Use the Feature Selection page of the SQL Server Installation Wizard to select the components to include in an installation of SQL Server. 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

Feature Description SQL Server Database Engine SQL Server Database Engine includes the Database Engine, 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 heterogeneous data sources, and Machine Learning Services to run Python and R scripts with relational data. Analysis Services Analysis Services includes the tools for creating and managing online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining applications. Reporting Services Reporting Services includes server and client components for creating, managing, and deploying tabular, matrix, graphical, and free-form reports. Reporting Services is also an extensible platform that you can use to develop report applications. Integration Services Integration Services is a set of graphical tools and programmable objects for moving, copying, and transforming data. It also includes the Data Quality Services (DQS) component for Integration Services. Master Data Services Master Data Services (MDS) is the SQL Server 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 Add-in for Excel 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 SQL Server 2016, the R language was supported. SQL Server 2022 (16.x) supports R and Python. Data Virtualization with PolyBase Query different types of data on different types of data sources from SQL Server. Azure connected services SQL Server 2022 (16.x) extends Azure connected services and features including Azure Synapse Link, Microsoft Purview access policies, Azure extension for SQL Server, pay-as-you-go billing, and the link feature for SQL Managed Instance.

Developer and Evaluation editions

For features supported by Developer and Evaluation editions, see features listed for the SQL Server Enterprise edition in the following tables.

The Developer edition continues to support only 1 client for SQL Server Distributed Replay, which is deprecated in SQL Server 2022 (16.x).

Scale limits

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express Maximum compute capacity used by a single instance - SQL Server Database Engine 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 - Analysis Services or Reporting Services 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 SQL Server Database Engine Operating system maximum 128 GB 64 GB 1,410 MB 1,410 MB Maximum memory for columnstore segment cache per instance of SQL Server Database Engine Unlimited memory 32 GB 16 GB 352 MB 352 MB Maximum memory-optimized data size per database in SQL Server Database Engine Unlimited memory 32 GB 16 GB 352 MB 352 MB Maximum memory utilized per instance of Analysis Services Operating system maximum 16 GB 264 GB 3 N/A N/A N/A Maximum memory utilized per instance of Reporting Services 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 SQL Server 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

Azure connected services

SQL Server 2022 includes features for connecting to Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Microsoft Purview.

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express Azure extension for SQL Server Yes Yes No No No Azure Synapse Link 1 Yes Yes Yes No No Link feature for SQL Managed Instance 1 Yes Yes No No No Failover servers for disaster recovery in Azure Yes Yes No No No Microsoft Entra integration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Microsoft Purview access policies 1 Yes Yes Yes 2 Yes 2 Yes 2 Pay-as-you-go billing Yes Yes No No No

1 These features are governed by their respective Lifecycle Policies.

2 Configure in Azure portal.

High availability

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express Server core support 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Log shipping Yes Yes Yes No No Database mirroring 7 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 Contained availability groups Yes No No No No Distributed availability groups Yes No 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 Resumable online ADD CONSTRAINT Yes No No No No Online schema change Yes No No No No Fast recovery Yes No No No No Accelerated database recovery (ADR) 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 Backup and restore to S3-compatible object storage over REST API Yes Yes Yes No No Snapshot backup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Clusterless availability group 5, 6 Yes Yes No No No Failover servers for disaster recovery Yes Yes No No No Failover servers for high availability Yes Yes No No No

1 For more information on installing SQL Server on Server Core, see Install SQL Server on Server Core.

2 Full safety only

3 Witness only

4 On Enterprise edition, the maximum number of nodes is 16. On Standard edition, there's 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 Always On availability groups for a single database.

7 Database mirroring is a deprecated feature.

Scalability and performance

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express Columnstore 1, 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Large object binaries in clustered columnstore indexes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Online nonclustered 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: hybrid buffer pool support for direct write Yes No 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 4 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 large page memory and buffer array allocation Yes No No No No Buffer pool extension Yes Yes No No No Buffer pool parallel scan 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 Bulk insert improvements Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Support for Advanced Vector Extension (AVX) 512 5 Yes No No No No Integrated acceleration and offloading (hardware) Yes No No No No Integrated acceleration and offloading (software) Yes Yes No No No System page latch concurrency enhancements Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1 Batch mode on rowstore only supports disk-based heaps and B+ tree indexes. It doesn't support In-Memory OLTP tables, XML columns, or sparse column sets. The degree of parallelism (DOP) for batch mode operations is limited to 2 for SQL Server Standard edition and 1 for SQL Server Web and Express editions.

2 Aggregate pushdown, string predicate pushdown, and SIMD optimizations are SQL Server Enterprise edition scalability enhancements. For more detail, see What's new in columnstore indexes.

3 This feature isn't included in the LocalDB installation option.

4 Stretch Database is a deprecated feature.

5 Requires trace flag 15097.

Intelligent query processing

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express Approximate count distinct Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Approximate percentile Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Automatic tuning Yes No No No No Batch mode adaptive joins Yes No No No No Batch mode memory grant feedback Yes No No No No Batch mode on row store 1 Yes No No No No Cardinality estimate feedback Yes No No No No Degree of parallelism feedback Yes No No No No Interleaved execution for multi-statement table valued functions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Memory grant feedback persistence and percentile Yes No No No No Optimized plan forcing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Parameter sensitive plan optimization Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Row mode memory grant feedback Yes No No No No Scalar UDF inlining Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Table variable deferred compilation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Security

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express Always Encrypted Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Always Encrypted with secure enclaves Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Contained databases Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Database audit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Data classification and auditing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Dynamic data masking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Encryption for backups Yes Yes No No No Extensible Key Management (EKM) Yes Yes No No No Ledger for SQL Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Microsoft Entra authentication 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Row-level security Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Server audit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Transparent data encryption (TDE) Yes Yes No No No User-defined roles Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1 Requires SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc.

Manageability

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced 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 Create new endpoints Yes Yes Yes No No 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 maintenance 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 SQL Server Utility Control Point Yes No No No No Buffer pool extension Yes Yes No No No Compatibility certification Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1 With trace flag

2 For more information, see Considerations for installing SQL Server using SysPrep.

3 On Linux, PowerShell scripts are supported, from Windows computers targeting SQL Server on Linux.

Programmability

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced 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 Data Virtualization with PolyBase Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes JSON Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Query Store Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Query Store on by default for new databases Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Query Store hints Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Query Store on secondary replicas Yes No No No No 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 XML compression 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 data types Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Time series support 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 and queuing) Yes Yes No 3 No 3 No 3 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 Client only.

Spatial and location services

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express Spatial indexes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Planar and geodetic data types 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

Replication

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced 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 Peer to peer transactional replication (last write wins) Yes No No No No Snapshot replication Yes Yes Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 SQL Server 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

Management tools

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 Server Configuration Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes sqlcmd utility (command line tool) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SQL Profiler Yes Yes No 1 No 1 No 1 SQL Server Agent Yes Yes Yes No No Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Management Pack Yes Yes Yes No No Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) Yes Yes 2 Yes 2 No No

1 SQL Server Web, SQL Server Express, SQL Server Express with Tools, and SQL Server Express with Advanced Services can be profiled using SQL Server Standard and SQL Server Enterprise editions.

2 Tuning enabled only on Standard edition features.

Development tools

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express Microsoft Visual Studio integration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IntelliSense (Transact-SQL and MDX) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) Yes Yes Yes Yes No MDX edit, debug, and design tools Yes Yes No No No

Integration Services

For info about SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) features supported by the editions of SQL Server, see Integration Services features supported by the editions of SQL Server.

Master Data Services

For information about the Master Data Services and Data Quality Services features supported by the editions of SQL Server, see Master Data Services and Data Quality Services Features Support.

Data warehouse

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express Autogenerate 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

Analysis Services

For information about the Analysis Services features supported by the editions of SQL Server, see Analysis Services features supported by SQL Server edition.

Reporting Services

For information about the Reporting Services features supported by the editions of SQL Server, see SQL Server Reporting Services features supported by editions.

Business intelligence clients

For information about the Business Intelligence Client features supported by the editions of SQL Server, see Analysis Services features supported by SQL Server edition or SQL Server Reporting Services features supported by editions.

Additional database services

Feature Enterprise Standard Web Express withAdvanced Services Express SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Database mail Yes Yes Yes No No

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