

SOLIDWORKS PDM Professionalis compatible with Microsoft SQL Server Express, Microsoft SQL Server Standard, and Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Editions.įor most situations, Microsoft SQL Server Standard should be used for hosting the vault databases.

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What Edition of Microsoft SQL Server should I use to host my SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional databases? The database file itself is limited to a maximum size of 10 GB. Express Edition is an entry level database server which is limited to being able to use only 4 processor cores and 1 GB of memory per instance. Microsoft SQL Server Express is free for commercial use so no additional licensing needs to be purchased. SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard is only compatible with Microsoft SQL Server Express, the PDM Standard database cannot be hosted on any other edition of Microsoft SQL Server. Do I need to purchase Microsoft SQL Server licensing for SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard?

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Your Microsoft Software Reseller will be able to help you with more specifics concerning these licensing options. NOTE: The information in this guide is intended to provide an overview the MS-SQL licensing requirements as they relate to SOLIDWORKS products. The Microsoft SQL Server software is licensed separately from your SOLIDWORKS software, so it is your responsibility to ensure that you have the correct licensing for both the Release and Edition of Microsoft SQL Server which you have installed. SOLIDWORKS PDM, SOLIDWORKS Manage and SOLIDWORKS Electricalsoftware all rely on databases hosted by Microsoft SQL Server software to operate.
