Azure Images: SQL Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016

We’re excited to announce images for SQL Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016 in the Azure Marketplace!

All SQL Server 2016 editions on Windows Server 2016 Data Center are available:

• SQL Developer – Free full edition of SQL Server for development/testing (no production)

• SQL Express – Entry level free database for lightweight workloads (1 GB memory, 10 GB storage)

• SQL Web – Low-cost database for low to medium-size web applications

• SQL Standard – Core Database capabilities for medium-size workloads

• SQL Enterprise – Full edition of SQL Server with comprehensive capabilities for mission-critical or large transactional processing, data warehousing, and business intelligence workloads

In addition, we make BYOL versions of SQL Standard and SQL Enterprise available to easily leverage your Bring-Your-Own-License benefit.

The best thing – all our automated Portal experiences (storage configuration, optimization for a targeted workload, automated patching) work with these images.

SQL Server 2016

SQL Server 2016 is the industry-leading database platform for transactional processing and business intelligence. It’s the least vulnerable database, and has everything built-in, from advanced analytics to unparalleled in-memory performance.

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 is the cloud-ready operating system that supports your workloads while adding multiple security layers and introducing powerful storage and management capabilities.

SQL Server 2016 and Windows Server 2016 – better together

Windows Server 2016 further increases Windows Server’s performance and scalability. In addition, it introduces various features that enable new SQL Server scenarios or simplify existing ones; for example, Storage Spaces Direct, Multi-domain and Workgroup Windows Clusters, and Just-Enough Administration (JEA).

Provision a VM with SQL Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016 today!