Microsoft SQL Server 2025 Standard – 2 Core

Microsoft SQL Server 2025 Standard – 2 Core – Partner Reseller Authorized Resmi Microsoft Indonesia adalah PT Farino Teknologi Indonesia (Farinotech).

Microsoft SQL Server 2025 Standard is a modern, enterprise-class database built for mid-tier business applications, delivering a strong balance of performance, security, and affordability—with new capabilities that help teams build and run AI-ready, scalable applications using existing data.

SQL Server 2025 is generally available as of November 18, 2025, with ongoing updates (CUs) released after launch.

Why Choose SQL Server 2025 Standard

Bigger Standard Edition capacity (huge upgrade)

SQL Server 2025 Standard increases core limits and memory headroom:

• Max compute per instance: lesser of 4 sockets or 32 cores

• Max buffer pool memory per instance: 256 GB

Resource Governor is now available in Standard

For the first time, Resource Governor is available in Standard (and Standard Developer) with the same functionality as Enterprise—helpful for workload isolation on shared servers.

Built-in HA/DR options for business continuity

Standard supports practical availability features like:

• Basic Availability Groups (Standard)

• Failover Cluster Instances (Standard supports two nodes)

• Log shipping

• Accelerated Database Recovery (ADR)

Modern AI-ready database capabilities

SQL Server 2025 introduces vector features (including a vector data type, vector functions, and vector index for similarity search—vector index requires a preview configuration).

Key Features

Performance & Scale

• Large database support (max relational DB size 524 PB)

• Columnstore cache up to 32 GB and in-memory OLTP (memory-optimized data) up to 32 GB per database (Standard limits)

Security & Backup

• Encrypted backup (supported in Standard)

• Backup and restore to S3-compatible object storage over REST API (supported in Standard)

Hybrid & Azure-connected options (optional)

Standard supports Azure-connected capabilities like Azure extension for SQL Server, link feature for SQL Managed Instance, Microsoft Entra integration, and more (depending on your architecture and licensing).

Licensing Overview

SQL Server licensing commonly uses Per Core or Server + CAL models (choice depends on user counts and access patterns). Microsoft also notes SQL Server 2025 licensing-related entitlements such as Power BI Report Server rights for Standard/Enterprise under specific conditions.

Support Lifecycle

SQL Server 2025 follows Microsoft’s Fixed Lifecycle Policy:

• Start date: Nov 18, 2025

• Mainstream support ends: Jan 6, 2031

• Extended support ends: Jan 6, 2036

FAQ

What are SQL Server 2025 Standard limits?
Standard is limited to the lesser of 4 sockets or 32 cores and 256 GB buffer pool memory per instance.

Does SQL Server 2025 Standard include Resource Governor?
Yes—Resource Governor is now available in Standard.

Can SQL Server 2025 Standard back up to S3-compatible storage?
Yes—Standard supports backup/restore to S3-compatible object storage over REST API.

Is SQL Server 2025 Standard still supported by Microsoft?
Yes—extended support runs until January 6, 2036.

PT Farino Teknologi Indonesia (Farinotech) is Partner Autorized Reseller Resmi Microsoft Indonesia

For official Request For Quotation (RFQ), please send email to inquiry@farinotech.com