Licensing is only applicable to SSMS 2012 and higher versions.
For previous SSMS versions the SSMS Tools Pack is still FREE.
Once your payment via PayPal is completed, please be sure to let PayPal redirect you back to this site.
€25
Per machine license.
Licensed to a single user or company.
Perfect if you do all your work from a single machine.
Plus one OS reinstall activation.
€75
Personal license
Licensed to a single user.
Up to 4 machine activations.
Plus 2 OS reinstall activations and
any number of virtual machine activations.
€240
Team license
Licensed to a company.
Up to 10 machine activations.
Plus 4 OS reinstall activations and
any number of virtual machine activations.
€350+
Enterprise license
Licensed to a company.
For more than 10 machines.
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30 days license.
Time based demo license bound to a machine.
All licenses except Demo license are valid for a major version with free upgrades for a year starting with the date of purchase.
For more licensing details please refer to the EULA. Really, there is interesting stuff in there :)


After a valid purchase a confirmation email with the License Activation Key will be sent to the email address you used in your PayPal payment process.

Please enter the license user's Machine ID and click the button again.

Found in SSMS at:
SSMS Tools->Licensing->Options->Machine ID
Save SSMSToolsPackLicense.xml to either of the following two locations.
  • Per machine location (preffered, visible to all users)

    The default for 64 bit systems (x64) systems is:
    C:\Program Files (x86)\SSMS Tools Pack\SSMS Tools Pack 2012\
    The default for 32 bit systems (x86) systems is:
    C:\Program Files\SSMS Tools Pack\SSMS Tools Pack 2012\
  • Per user location (visible to current user only)

    On Windows Vista, Windows 7 and onwards the location is:
    C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\SSMSToolsPack\
    On Windows XP the location is
    C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application Data\SSMSToolsPack\


See details in End-user license agreement (EULA).