http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/archive/tags/Licensing/SQL+Community/default.aspxTags: Licensing, SQL CommunityenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/archive/2007/10/17/buy-the-first-32-bits-get-the-second-for-free.aspxWed, 17 Oct 2007 23:14:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:3039RickHeiges0http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/comments/3039.aspxhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3039I spoke at the Charlotte SQL Server User Group last night.&nbsp; Will Sweeny confirmed that MSFT will continue to offer the free trade-out to 64-bit licensing from 32-bit.&nbsp; In other words, if you upgraded your 32-bit SQL 2000 to 32-bit SQL 2005 and are considering a new 64-bit server, you can simply swap the 32-bit license for the 64-bit license.&nbsp; Of course, you will need to de-commission the 32-bit server.&nbsp; In SQL 2000, this is available, but the 64-bit licensing is only for Itanium based systems as there is no x64 flavor for SQL 2000.<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3039" width="1" height="1">CommunityLicensingSQL 2005SQL CommunityUser Group Meetings