Is LicenseVault legitimate?

Yes. LicenseVault is an independent EU-based reseller of genuine Microsoft retail keys. Every key is first-use or fully transferred and activates against Microsoft's own activation servers. Resale is lawful under the EU exhaustion-of-distribution-rights doctrine established by the Court of Justice of the European Union in case C-128/11 (UsedSoft v Oracle, 2012).

How fast is delivery?

Typical delivery is under 10 minutes, 24/7. The 90-day average is approximately 8 minutes. Keys are released automatically by email after Stripe captures payment.

What is the refund policy?

14-day free return on every purchase under EU Directive 2011/83/EU. Selected category landings offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. If a key ever fails to activate, LicenseVault replaces it free of charge for the lifetime of the product.

Are the keys region-locked?

No. Microsoft retail product keys are not region-locked. A key purchased from LicenseVault activates Windows, Office, Server, SQL or Visual Studio in any Microsoft-supported language and country.

Why is LicenseVault cheaper than the Microsoft Store?

LicenseVault sources surplus retail and unused volume keys through authorised EU resale channels and operates without first-party retail overhead. The keys are identical genuine Microsoft retail product keys — not OEM stickers, not MAK-shared, not grey-market.

Which payment methods are accepted?

Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and instant SEPA / bank transfer — all via Stripe (PCI-DSS Level 1, TLS 1.3).

In which languages is LicenseVault available?

The storefront is available in English, Spanish, German and French. Customer support replies in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and Arabic. The daily magazine publishes in 22 languages.

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SQL Server 2022 Standard vs Enterprise

SQL Server 2022 Standard vs Enterprise: Always On AGs, in-memory OLTP, partitioning, online operations and per-core pricing reality.

Standard is the workhorse departmental database. Enterprise unlocks the high-availability and performance features that mission-critical systems depend on — Always On AGs with up to 8 secondaries, online index rebuilds, in-memory OLTP and unlimited cores.

If you're asking whether you need Enterprise, you probably don't. Enterprise is for OLTP systems with strict uptime SLAs, large data warehouses, and any workload measured in TB.

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Merkmal	SQL Server 2022 Standard	SQL Server 2022 Enterprise
Max compute capacity (cores)	24	OS maximum
Max memory per instance	128 GB	OS maximum
Always On Availability Groups	Basic (2 nodes, 1 DB)	Advanced (up to 8 secondaries)
Online index operations	—	✓
Online schema changes	—	✓
In-memory OLTP	Limited (32 GB)	Unlimited
Table & index partitioning	Limited	✓
Resource Governor	—	✓
Transparent Data Encryption	✓	✓
Per-core list price	~€3,700	~€14,200

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Buy Standard for line-of-business apps, departmental data marts, internal tools and most ISV deployments.

Buy Enterprise only if you need Always On at scale, online maintenance, in-memory OLTP beyond 32 GB, or you're licensing >24 cores anyway.

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Can I upgrade Standard to Enterprise in place?

Yes. Run setup.exe → Edition Upgrade. No data movement, but you must already own the Enterprise license keys.

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