Microsoft SQL Server versions supported in a Windows Azure Pack deployment

Applies To: Windows Azure Pack

Windows Azure Pack requires an instance of Microsoft SQL Server to handle the management databases.

For information about currently supported service packs, see Microsoft Lifecycle Policy.

Supported SQL Server versions	Windows Azure Pack express deployment	Windows Azure Pack distributed deployment
SQL Server 2019 Including previous Service Packs.	SQL Server Express or full Standard or Enterprise version	Full Standard or Enterprise version only on a dedicated machine
SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 Including previous Service Packs.	SQL Server Express or full Standard or Enterprise version	Full Standard or Enterprise version only on a dedicated machine
SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 Including previous Service Packs.	SQL Server Express or full Standard or Enterprise version	Full Standard or Enterprise version only on a dedicated machine
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 4 Including previous Service Packs.	SQL Server Express or full Standard or Enterprise version	Full Standard or Enterprise version only on a dedicated machine
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 Including previous Service Packs.	SQL Server Express or full Standard or Enterprise version	Full Standard or Enterprise version only on a dedicated machine

Important

You must enable SQL authentication on the SQL server before installing other Windows Azure Pack components.

If you are going to use Windows authentication during configuration you must add the current user as an administrator on the SQL server.

For SQL Server and MySQL resource provider version support, see Using SQL Server or MySQL with Windows Azure Pack.