topic When would you need SQL Server along with ArcServer and ArcGIS Online? in ArcGIS Online Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/when-would-you-need-sql-server-along-with/m-p/415845#M20808 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm new at this hardware back-end stuff, so please pardon my naivity!&nbsp; I was told that to use ArcServer we would need to install a SQL Server license as well, which is high priced.&nbsp; I thought the ArcServer took care of the database management as it does in ArcGIS Desktop, but I can't assume - I just need someone to verify if this is true or not?&nbsp; We don't have our ArcServer on a stable platform to really work with it yet so we're all on the learning curve.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks much!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Sherrie</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:23:05 GMT SherrieTaylor 2012-07-25T20:23:05Z When would you need SQL Server along with ArcServer and ArcGIS Online? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/when-would-you-need-sql-server-along-with/m-p/415845#M20808 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm new at this hardware back-end stuff, so please pardon my naivity!&nbsp; I was told that to use ArcServer we would need to install a SQL Server license as well, which is high priced.&nbsp; I thought the ArcServer took care of the database management as it does in ArcGIS Desktop, but I can't assume - I just need someone to verify if this is true or not?&nbsp; We don't have our ArcServer on a stable platform to really work with it yet so we're all on the learning curve.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks much!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Sherrie</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:23:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/when-would-you-need-sql-server-along-with/m-p/415845#M20808 SherrieTaylor 2012-07-25T20:23:05Z