Microsoft SQL Server Client Access License (CAL)

Run SQL Server on your favorite platform
It's all about choice. Now, you can get SQL Server 2017's industry-leading performance and security on Windows, Linux, and Docker containers.

Your choice of language and platforms
Build modern applications using the language of your choice, on-premises and in the cloud, now on Windows, Linux and Docker containers.

Industry-leading performance
Take advantage of breakthrough scalability, performance, and availability for mission-critical, intelligent applications and data warehouses.

Real-time intelligence
Gain transformative insights for your business with real-time analytics at up to 1M predictions/second.

End-to-end mobile BI
Turn raw data into meaningful reports that can be delivered to any device—at one-fourth the cost of other self-service solutions.