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This article describes features supported by different editions of SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019 Analysis Services. Evaluation edition supports Enterprise edition features.
Analysis Services (servers)
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| Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services | Express with Tools | Express | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scalable shared databases | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Backup/Restore & Attach/Detach databases | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Synchronize databases | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Failover cluster instances | Yes Number of nodes is the operating system maximum | Yes Support for 2 nodes | Yes Number of nodes is the operating system maximum | ||||
| Programmability (AMO, ADOMD.Net, OLEDB, XML/A, ASSL, TMSL) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tabular models
| Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services | Express with Tools | Express | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hierarchies | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| KPIs | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Perspectives | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Translations | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| DAX calculations, DAX queries, MDX queries | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Row-level security | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Multiple partitions | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Calculation groups | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | ||||
| Query interleaving | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | ||||
| Many-to-many relationships | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | ||||
| In-memory storage mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| DirectQuery mode | Yes | Yes (beginning with SQL Server 2019) | Yes |
Multidimensional models
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| Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services | Express with Tools | Express | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-additive measures | Yes | No 1 | Yes | ||||
| Hierarchies | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| KPIs | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Perspectives | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Actions | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Account intelligence | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Time intelligence | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Custom rollups | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Writeback cube | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Writeback dimensions | Yes 2 | Yes 2 | |||||
| Writeback cells | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Drillthrough | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Advanced hierarchy types (parent-child and ragged hierarchies) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Advanced dimensions (reference dimensions, many-to-many dimensions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Linked measures and dimensions | Yes | Yes 3 | Yes | ||||
| Translations | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Aggregations | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Multiple partitions | Yes | Yes, up to 3 | Yes | ||||
| Proactive caching | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Custom assemblies (stored procedures) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| MDX queries and scripts | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| DAX queries | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Role-based security model | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Dimension and cell-level security | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Scalable string storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| MOLAP, ROLAP, and HOLAP storage models | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Binary and compressed XML transport | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Push-mode processing | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Measure expressions | Yes | Yes |
[1] The LastChild semi-additive measure is supported in Standard edition, but other semi-additive measures, such as None, FirstChild, FirstNonEmpty, LastNonEmpty, AverageOfChildren, and ByAccount, are not. Additive measures, such as Sum, Count, Min, Max, and non-additive measures (DistinctCount) are supported on all editions.
[2] Writeback dimensions are discontinued in SQL Server Analysis Services 2019 and later.
[3] Standard edition supports linking measures and dimensions within the same database, but not from other databases or instances.
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| Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services | Express with Tools | Express | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SharePoint farm integration based on shared service architecture | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Usage reporting | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Health monitoring rules | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Power Pivot gallery | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Power Pivot data refresh | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Power Pivot data feeds | Yes | Yes |
Data Mining
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Data mining is deprecated in SQL Server Analysis Services 2017.
| Feature Name | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express with Advanced Services | Express with Tools | Express | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard algorithms | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Data mining tools (Wizards, Editors, Query Builders) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Cross validation | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Models on filtered subsets of mining structure data | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Time series: Custom blending between ARTXP and ARIMA methods | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Time series: Prediction with new data | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Unlimited concurrent DM queries | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Advanced configuration & tuning options for data mining algorithms | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Support for plug-in algorithms | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Parallel model processing | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Time series: cross-series prediction | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Unlimited attributes for association rules | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Sequence prediction | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Multiple prediction targets for naïve Bayes, neural network and logistic regression | Yes | Yes |
SQL Server Developers Edition is a full featured edition of Microsoft SQL server. Developers prefer this version because it comes will all of the unlocked features, at no cost. Wondering if Developer’s edition is right for you? There are many different ways to price & license SQL server. Keep in mind Developer’s edition is primarily for building and testing. Learn more about the features and highlights below.
Developers Edition Vs Standard
SQL Server Developers Edition comes with all the bells and whistles of Enterprise Edition but in a non-production environment. This means those looking to run applications will need to opt for the standard version. SQL Dev Ed is used for the production, building and demonstration of applications. This version includes the full feature set of the Enterprise Edition. Moreover, Microsoft offers developer edition with no cost whatsoever with Visual Studio. Developers edition allows user to build web/mobile application for various data types.
ENCRYPTION
SQL Server comes with an always encrypted feature. With this feature enable, your database is always encrypted with the SQL Server. Access of the database is restricted to the devices calling SQL Server only. This allows the data owner to control who has access to the database and stop the nosy Administrator from poking around. This is a welcome security edition.
JSON SUPPORT
SQL Server Developers Edition also supports JSON (Java Script Object Notation) just like the enterprise edition. JSON support enables you to exchange JSON data between applications and SQL database engine. Moreover, Developers can turn the relational data into JSON formatted data.
QUERY STORE
With the query store feature, SQL Server saves historical execution plans for the queries. It also saves the query statistics that go along with these historical execution plans. This great edition will help you to track performance of queries over time.
ROW LEVEL SECURITY
SQL Server comes with row level security which allows database engine to restrict access to rows based the SQL Server Login. Implementing this feature will exempt application developers from maintaining code to restrict data access to some logins.
TEMPORAL TABLES
A temporal table hold the old version of the records within a base table. SQL Server Developers edition now automatically manages moving old row versions to the temporal tables whenever the records are updated.
R- SUPPORT
Microsoft incorporates R-programing language in SQL server to support advance analytics against big data sets. This allows the Database administrators to run their existing R code inside the SQL Server database engine, thereby eliminating the need for exporting the database to perform these advance analytics.
PolyBase
PolyBase is a nifty feature that allows user to query distributed data sets. By using polybase user can write adhoc queries which join relational data from SQL Server with data stored in Hadoop or SQL Azure blob storage.
DYNAMIC DATA MASKING
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This feature allows to obscure confidential columns in a database from users which are not allowed to view the. Dynamic Data Masking allows you to identify how to obscure the data. For instance, By using this feature you can define a mask that can limit a user’s view to only some digits of Credit Card Number.
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