Microsoft has just announced SQL Server 2012 Editions information on official SQL Server 2012 site.
SQL Server 2012 will be available in three main editions:
Enterprise
Business Intelligence
Standard
The other editions are Web, Developer and Express.
Here is the salient features of each of the edition:
Enterprise
Advanced high availability with AlwaysOn
High performance data warehousing with ColumnStore
Maximum virtualization (with Software Assurance)
Inclusive of Business Intelligence edition’s capabilities
Business Intelligence
Rapid data discovery with Power View
Corporate and scalable reporting and analytics
Data Quality Services and Master Data Services
Inclusive of the Standard edition’s capabilities
Standard
Standard continues to offer basic database, reporting and analytics capabilities
There is comparison chart of various other aspect of the above editions. Please refer here.
Additionally SQL Server 2012 licensing is also explained here.
Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com)
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