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> [!NOTE]
> SQL Server 2025 introduces separate Enterprise Developer and Standard Developer editions of SQL Server.

If you want to run a lightweight workload in production (<4 cores, <1-GB memory, <10 GB/database), use the freely licensed **SQL Server Express edition**. A SQL Server Express edition VM also only incurs charges for the cost of the VM.
If you want to run a lightweight workload in production (<4 cores, <1-GB memory, <50 GB/database), use the freely licensed **SQL Server Express edition**. A SQL Server Express edition VM also only incurs charges for the cost of the VM.

For these development/test and lightweight production workloads, you can also save money by choosing a smaller VM size that matches these workloads. The [D2as_v5](/azure/virtual-machines/dasv5-dadsv5-series) might be a good choice in some scenarios.

To create an Azure VM running SQL Server 2022 with one of these images, see the following links:

| Platform | Freely licensed images |
|---|---|
| Windows Server 2022 | [SQL Server 2022 Developer Azure VM](https://portal.azure.com/#create/microsoftsqlserver.sql2022-ws2022sqldev-gen2) |
| Windows Server 2025 | [SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Azure VM](https://portal.azure.com/#create/microsoftsqlserver.sql2025-ws2025stddev-gen2) |
| Windows Server 2025 | [SQL Server 2025 Enterprise Developer Azure VM](https://portal.azure.com/#create/microsoftsqlserver.sql2025-ws2025entdev-gen2) |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | [SQL Server 2022 Developer Azure VM](https://portal.azure.com/#create/microsoftsqlserver.sql2019-ubuntupro2004sqldev_upro-ARM) |

## Paid SQL Server editions
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