How do I find out what License has been applied to my SQL Server installation

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I have SQL Server 2008 installed  but I m not sure what license was installed   Is there an easy way to find this out

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I presume you mean via SSMS   For a SQL Server Instance   SELECT SERVERPROPERTY  productversion            SERVERPROPERTY   productlevel            SERVERPROPERTY   edition     For a SQL Server Installation   Select   Version

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This shows the licence type and number of licences   SELECT SERVERPROPERTY  LicenseType    SERVERPROPERTY  NumLicenses

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SELECT SERVERPROPERTY  LicenseType   as Licensetype          SERVERPROPERTY  NumLicenses   as LicenseNumber         SERVERPROPERTY  productversion   as Productverion          SERVERPROPERTY   productlevel  as ProductLevel          SERVERPROPERTY   edition   as SQLEdition   VERSION as SQLversion   I had installed evaluation edition Refer screenshot

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I know this post is older  but haven t seen a solution that provides the actual information  so I want to share what I use for SQL Server 2012 and above   the link below leads to the screenshot showing the information   First  so no time is wasted    SQL Server 2000  SELECT SERVERPROPERTY  LicenseType    SERVERPROPERTY  NumLicenses    SQL Server 2005    The  SELECT SERVERPROPERTY  LicenseType    SERVERPROPERTY  NumLicenses    is not in use anymore   You can see more details on MSFT documentation  https   docs microsoft com en-us sql t-sql functions serverproperty-transact-sql view sql-server-2017  SQL Server 2005 - 2008R2 you would have to   Using PowerShell   https   www ryadel com en sql-server-retrieve-product-key-from-an-existing-installation   Using TSQL  you would need to know the registry key path off hand   https   docs microsoft com en-us sql relational-databases system-dynamic-management-views sys-dm-server-registry-transact-sql view sql-server-2017  SQL Server 2012   Now  you can extract SQL Server Licensing information from the SQL Server Error Log  granted it may not be formatted the way you want  but the information is there and can be parsed  along with more descriptive information that you probably didn t expect   EXEC sp readerrorlog  p1   0                       p2   1                       p3   N licensing    NOTE  I tried pasting the image directly  but since I am new at stakoverflow we have to follow the link below   SQL Server License information via sp readerrorlog

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When I run      exec sp readerrorlog  p1   0      p2   1      p3   N licensing    I get   SQL Server detected 2 sockets with 21 cores per socket and 21 logical processors per socket  42 total logical processors  using 20 logical processors based on SQL Server licensing  This is an informational message  no user action is required   also  SELECT   VERSION shows   Microsoft SQL Server 2014  SP1-GDR   KB4019091  - 12 0 4237 0  X64    Jul  5 2017 22 03 42   Copyright  c  Microsoft Corporation  Enterprise Edition  64-bit  on Windows NT 6 3   Build 9600     Hypervisor    This is a VM

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SQL Server does not track licensing   Customers are responsible for tracking the assignment of licenses to servers  following the rules in the Licensing Guide

[sql-server-2008] How do I find out what License has been applied to my SQL Server installation?

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