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Evaluation expired SQL Server
Hello, We are dealing with an issue where the evaluation version. We will be upgrading it but i dont have access to billing, in the interim am i able to run it as developer? what are the differences in running it as developer when previously it was evaluation?
Thanks.
Evaluation and developer are both on feature parity with Enterprise, but according to the license terms, you are not allowed to run production workloads on a developer instance.
This may or may not become an issue if your paid license is Standard.Search for the SQL Server licensing guide for specifics.
Your post is very unclear.
If you have a valid product key for SQL Server, then you can perform an edition upgrade to Standard/Enterprise, see
Upgrade to a different edition of SQL Server - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn
