How to download SQL Server Developer Edition?
was planning to download a trial of SQL Server Developer today from MSDN Subscriber Downloads. I have two questions: Next to each download it says: "No product key is required". I assume this means that a 28 day trial is initiated after download? What is the difference between SQL Server Developer; SQL Server Web Edition and SQL Server Business Intelligence? I assume that SQL Developer can do everything that SQL Server Business Intelligence and SQL Server Web Edition can do? I followed these steps: Went to the appropriate MSDN Subscriber Download page Selected: SQL Server 2014 with SP1 x64 Logged In Saved the file locally During the installation select "Evaluation" rather than the license key. To my surprise, there was already a license key populated. I have an active Bizspark account (though I did not renew in year three). It must be this account that has populated the license key. Why is Enterprise Edition evaluation installed rather than developer edition?
Current information
SQL Server 2017 developer Edition download is FREE starting with SQL Server 2014.
You can download SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition for Windows, Linux, and Docker from the Microsoft SQL Server downloads page.
SQL Server 2017 Developer is a full-featured free edition, licensed for use as a development and test database in a non-production environment.