MSDN licensing for use of SQL Server 2012 and TFS 2013 [closed]

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I have a license for SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (proc license) and MSDN with VS Pro. I use TFS 2012 and today on MSDN is TFS 2013, VS 2013, etc. To install TFS 2013 you have to have SQL Server 2012 SP1 or later. As a small biz I cannot afford to update to SQL Server 2012 just for TFS's use. If there was an affordable "upgrade" path from SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012 I would consider it but it looks like it's very expensive, 4 core min at about $8K?

Does anyone know if I can install SQL Server 2012 from MSDN on a server solely for use of TFS 2013?

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SQL Server (Standard) - so long as it's used only by TFS - is free. There is a limited use exception in the TFS license.

See my blog for more detail: MSDN and TFS Licensing Gotchas