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Exchange Server 2007 licensing standard or enterprise?
Published 2009-07-14 • Uncategorized, Blog
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Exchange Server 2007 Editions
\nExchange Server 2007 is offered in two server editions: Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.\n
\n\n\n| • | \nExchange Server 2007 Standard Edition is designed to meet the messaging and collaboration needs of small and medium corporations; it may also be appropriate for specific server roles or branch offices. | \n
\n\n| • | \nExchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition, designed for large enterprise corporations, enables creation of multiple storage groups and databases. | \n
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\n\n\n| Exchange Server 2007 Edition Offerings | \n
\n\n| Feature | \nStandard Edition | \nEnterprise Edition | \n
\n\n\n\n| Storage Group Support | \n5 storage groups | \n50 storage groups | \n
\n\n| Database Support | \n5 databases | \n50 databases | \n
\n\n| Database Storage Limit | \n16 TB per database | \n16 TB per database | \n
\n\n| Single Copy Clusters | \nNot supported | \nSupported | \n
\n\n| Local Continuous Replication | \nSupported | \nSupported | \n
\n\n| Cluster Continuous Replication | \nNot supported | \nSupported | \n
\n\n| Standby Continuous Replication *** | \nSupported | \nSupported | \n
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\nThe numbers of storage groups and databases in the above table is the maximum number of each object that can be created in each edition of Exchange Server 2007. In both editions of Exchange Server 2007, each storage group is limited to a maximum of five databases. Therefore, on the Standard Edition of Exchange Server 2007, the maximum number of databases per server is five, and on the Enterprise Edition of Exchange Server 2007, the maximum number of databases per server is fifty. For more information, see Managing Storage Groups and Databases at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998926.aspx.
