What is the new licensing scheme that is part of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2)?

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[March 30, 2007]
What is the new licensing scheme that is part of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2)?
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A. With SQL Server 2005 SP2, you can now run an unlimited number of virtual instances of SQL Server on a physical box that's licensed for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. This will allow organizations to try new combinations of SQL Server instances to test the performance of their servers.

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