Everything you need to know about SQL Server 2016

Getting ready for Microsoft SQL 2016

November 2015

Our Speakers

Keith Groom – HostDirector Microsoft Solution Group

Tadd AxonMicrosoft Practice Lead

Krystal Kennedy Microsoft Solution Sales Specialist

Rick TalbotSr. Asset Management Consultant

Agenda

SQL Roadmap – 2005 End of Support & 2016 Preview

Key Licensing Considerations

Assessing Your Environment

New SQL Deployment Options

Q & A

Agenda

SQL Roadmap – 2005 End of Support & 2016 Preview

Key Licensing Considerations

Assessing Your Environment

New SQL Deployment Options

Q & A

SQL Server Roadmap

SQL 2008 No New Features No Non-Security hotfixes No Support (Phone, Email)

SQL 2005 … No Security Updates

There will be no access to critical security updates, opening the potential for business interruptions

Higher maintenance costsMaintaining legacy servers, firewalls, intrusion systems, etc. gets expensive quickly

As support ends, your organization will likely fail to meet regulatory standards compliance

What does end of extended support mean?

Assess Your Impact!

SQL Server 2016 Highlights

Agenda

SQL Roadmap – 2005 End of Support & 2016 Preview

Key Licensing Considerations

Assessing Your Environment

New SQL Deployment Options

Q & A

Server Infrastructure: On-Premise

Server + Cal Per Core

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Enterprise

Standard

Business Intelligence

SQL Server 2014 Licensing Options

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Standard: Basic database, reporting and analytic capabilities

Enterprise: For mission critical applications and large scale data warehousing

Business Intelligence: for premium corporate and self-service BI

Server Infrastructure: On-Premise

Licensing Model Per Core:SQL Server Enterprise and StandardDetermining the number of licenses required for SQL Server Enterprise and Standard running in the physical OSE:

May be licensed based on all they physical cores on the server.

The number of licenses required equals the number of physical cores on the server(minimum of 4).

Licenses of SQL core are sold in pairs.

Licensing Scenarios – Individual VM’s

Licensing Scenarios – Maximum Virtualization

Licensing Consideration – Software AssuranceLicense Mobility

Failover Rights

Agenda

SQL Roadmap – 2005 End of Support & 2016 Preview

Key Licensing Considerations

Assessing Your Environment

New SQL Deployment Options

Q & A

A brief introduction…

• Began: 2004

• Consultants: 15 full-time

• Offerings: Microsoft, Adobe, SaaS, Storage, Virtualization, Converged Infrastructure

• Delivered 1200+ assessments last year

SQL TechCheck Overview

• Started in 2011 to help with the Processor to Core licensing change.

• Help you move toward proactive and planned expenditures – and honor MS licensing rules.

SQL TechCheck Overview• Purpose• To proactively:• understand your current SQL licensing state• discover ways to optimize existing licensing• Process• Collect inventory and performance data• Workshop the data with you• Payoff• Actionable output that you can use right away• Help you move toward proactive and planned expenditures – and honor MS licensing rules.

SQL TechCheck Overview

SQL TechCheck Overview• You can expect…• Current compliance today• Possible improvements through:• P2V and V2V consolidation • Maximize license rights• Walking through licensing ‘gotchas’• Utilizing Azure where appropriate• Cost savings estimate.

SQL TechCheck Overview

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SQL Compliance - Frequency and CostSample of 31 random TechCheck clients, 2015

Average Cost grouped by User Count % of clients with compliance issue

SQL TechCheck Overview• Case Study

• Who: A west-coast healthcare provider with a looming renewal.

• The Issues: Many physical and virtual servers.

• The outcome: $1.5M saved over three years by changing how licenses are used and consolidating P2V and V2V. Now license compliant at a lower cost.

Agenda

SQL Roadmap – 2005 End of Support & 2016 Preview

Key Licensing Considerations

Assessing Your Environment

New SQL Deployment Options

Q & A

Optimize your data platform investments

Shared Lower cost

Dedicated Higher cost

Higher administration Lower administration

Hybrid Cloud

PhysicalSQL ServerPhysical Machine (raw iron)

SQL

IaaSSQL Server in Azure VMVirtualizes Machines

SQL

VirtualSQL Server Private CloudVirtualized Machine + Appliance

Paas & SaaSAzure SQL DatabaseVirtualized Database

SQL

• Upgrade scenarios• Achieve mission-

critical performance on-premises

• Virtualize and consolidate with Windows Server

• Reduce TCO and increase availability with Azure VMs

• Easy on-ramp to cloud for web applications with Azure SQL Database

SQL Deployment Options

Hybrid DRDeploy a node of an Always on Availability Group on an Azure VM

Reduce on premise footprint

Hedge against equipment/facility issues

Stretch DatabaseOffload cold records to SQL in Azure

Reduce on premise storage footprint

Reduce backup window for live data

Migration to PaaSIntegrated capability to migrate from on premise SQL Server to Azure SQL as a Service

Agenda

SQL Roadmap – 2005 End of Support & 2016 Preview

Key Licensing Considerations

Assessing Your Environment

New SQL Deployment Options

Q & A

Q & A

Schedule SQL TechCheck Discovery Call Review SQL licensing position - if moving from Per Proc to

Per Core What SQL deployment scenario is best today and

tomorrow?

Contact your Softchoice Account Manager