Hello there,
Please forgive my ignorance, this is the first time I have performed this procedure.
Essentially I am upgrading SQL Server Standard 2008 r2 to SQL Server Standard 2012, however I have a question concerning the licensing. Do I use the 2008r2 Product Key for the 2012 upgrade? Will I need to get a brand new SQL Server 2012 Standard Product Key? I believe that 2012 licensing now deals with logical cores and the VM that is hosting SQL Server 2012 Standard has 4 logical cores.
Someone told me that I shouldn't have to worry about spending money on additional licences because we have everything we need already, but I wanted to be reassured from the professionals.
Any help is obviously greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom
