How To Check SQL Server Edition

As an SQL server developer, it is pretty essential for you to know what SQL server edition you are using?. In this article Let us discuss all the approaches to check SQL Server edition.

How To Check SQL Server Edition

We will discuss all the possible approaches to check the edition of your SQL server.

Approach-1 Using SQL Server Management studio (SSMS)

To check SQL Server edition, follow the below steps.

1. Open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and connect to your SQL server instance.

2. Right-click on the Object Explorer and select the Properties option as shown below.

how to check sql server edition from management studio

3. On the General tab, check the Product level, where you will see the edition. For me, it is Express (64-bit) edition.

determine sql server edition

Approach-2 SQL Query

We can also use the below query to find SQL server edition.

SELECT @@VERSION AS SQLServerVersion,
       SERVERPROPERTY('Edition') AS Edition

After executing the above query, I got the expected output as shown below. Now, you can see for me, the edition is Express Edition (64-bit).

how to check sql server edition

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Conclusion

We discussed here, how to find SQL server edition. Now, we can use of any of the approach mentioned in this article to achieve this.

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