INFORMATICS

Microsoft has announced that the SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition will available for free to Visual Studio Dev Essentials members. This announcement came in on Mar 31, 2016. This is indeed a great move from Microsoft to allow developers to download and explore SQL Server 2014 along with other relevant Microsoft Developer Products by becoming a member of Visual Studio Dev Essentials.

Developers can use Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition for Development and Testing Purposes only. To use SQL Server 2014 on Production and Non-Production environments one must buy a valid license. For more information, see How to Buy SQL Server?.