SQL Server 2012 Edition required for my case??

Question

Hi,
I am setting up a SharePoint 2013 BI environment with minimal servers. Below is the configuration:
1) WFE1 - Front End Server Role
2) APP1 - Application Server Role with SSRS 2012, SSAS in SharePoint mode.
   SQL Server 2012 BI edition is used here for SSRS and SSAS in SharePoint mode
3) DB Server  - SharePoint content databases only
- Can this SQL Server be standard edition ? or does this server also need to have minimum BI features which means it should be BI or Enterprise edition?
Thanks
Sandeep
Sandeep Nakarmi www.snakarmi.me

Answer 1

Hi Sandeep,
Thanks for posting your query, Below are the URLs that describe the situation to USE the SQL SERVER Standard or Enterprise Edition for BI features. Kindly go through these URLs once to get the difference.
http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/feature/When-to-consider-SQL-Server-Enterprise-Edition
http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/feature/SQL-Server-Standard-Edition-Why-its-worth-the-cost
Of course, you will get more features for BI in as sequence SQL Server Edition mentioned below
Express < Standard < Enterprise
Moreover, browse the below mentioned URL to enable BI features in SharePoint
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ldusolier/archive/2014/05/19/use-of-bi-capabilities-in-sharepoint-2013-with-sql-server-2012.aspx
I hope this is helpful to you, mark it as Helpful.
If this works, Please mark it as Answered.
Regards,
Dharmendra Singh (MCPD-EA | MCTS)
Blog : http://sharepoint-community.net/profile/DharmendraSingh