Description SQL Server 2017 Standard Edition SQL Server 2017: more than just a database SQL Server 2017 helps business from the ground up, extending your reach further than before. But at Microsoft, we remember our roots—including the features that grew SQL Server to where it stands today.   SQL Server 2017 Features Always On Failover Cluster Instances and Availability Groups enable HADR scenarios on both Linux and Windows. Enhanced Always On offers up to eight secondary replicas per primary database, plus a Replica Wizard to guide you through the process. Read-Scale Availability Groups provide clusterless support for read-only workloads. Always Encrypted provides separation between those who own and manage data. Dynamic Data Masking limits data exposure while simplifying security design and coding. Row-Level Security controls access to rows in a database table based on user characteristics. Backup encryption gives you extra security for backup files. Support for Linux and Docker Containers empower you to use SQL Server tools on Linux. SQL Graph enables you to map and query relationships in a graph structure. Temporal Tables help you to see data changes in your tables from any point in time. PolyBase joins structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in platforms like Azure Blob storage or Hadoop. SQL Server Machine Learning Services bring calculations and processing to where the data resides, eliminating the need to pull data across the network. Azure Machine Learning provides packages of machine learning algorithms plus pretrained models for image extraction or sentiment analysis. Real-Time Operational Analytics enables you to run both analytics and OLTP workloads on the same database tables simultaneously.   What you’ll love about SQL Server 2017 • 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. • Least vulnerable database Protect data at rest and in motion with the least vulnerable database over the last seven years in the NIST vulnerabilities database. • Real-time intelligence Gain transformative insights for your business with real-time analytics at up to 1M predictions/second.   SQL Server 2017 Standard System Requirements Operating system Windows 8 or later, Windows Server 2012 Or Later Required processor 2.0 GHz or faster Required memory 1 GB Required hard disk space 6 GB of available disk space Required video card Super-VGA (800×600) or higher resolution monitor