SQL Server Licensing Information

I want to retrieve SQL server licensing information e.g. License type, Count, License Code etc.
Any help?
RK

You can find the license type using serverproperty function as shown in the below link, http://sql-articles.com/index.php?page=Scripts/ServerProperties.php
You may also refer these links where Arnie and Madhu have provided useful information regarding licenses.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2435258&SiteID=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2713025&SiteID=1
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Hello,
Since SQL Server Version 2005 you have all license Information only on paper; so you have to lookup your papers to get the Information.
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Hi delaynomore,
According to your description, you fail to execute the function with timeout error after migration to SQL Server 2012. Based on my research, the issue could be due to the long running tasks or uncommitted transactions.
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Suppress Powershell Warning in agent job "WARNING: Could not obtain SQL Server Service information"

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Hi Team ,
I have some queries for MS SQL server , can you please clarify the below points :
Can I buy licenses for SQL 2008 R2 or do I need to buy license for MSSQL server 2012 license and then downgrade it?
Would there be any additional cost for downgrade ?
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Hi Team ,
I have some queries for MS SQL server , can you please clarify the below points :
Can I buy licenses for SQL 2008 R2 or do I need to buy license for MSSQL server 2012 license and then downgrade it?
Would there be any additional cost for downgrade ?
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2.Licensing expert can tell better.
3.Licensing expert can tell better. Please use information provided by Kalman.But i still suggest you to go for 2008 R2 IF that suits your requirement
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Hi!
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Adeckert wrote:
>
> I am using Asset Inventory with full MS SQL Server 2005. How many and
> what kind of License tye do I need?
> Only one User license or for every scanned Workstation?
The latter.
> Will the scanned Workstation connect direclty to the MS-SQl Server?
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"Multiplexing: Using Middleware, Transaction Servers, and Multitiered
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