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Microsoft SQL Server

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

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What is Microsoft SQL Server?

Apply intelligence across all your data with SQL Server 2022. Whether your data is structured or unstructured, query and analyze it using the data platform with industry-leading performance and security. Regardless of where your data is stored, query and analyze it with the data platform known for performance, security, and availability.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft SQL Server won the following awards in the Data Integration category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Microsoft SQL Server Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft SQL Server?

2% Negative

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Administrative Features

Data Security

Batch Integration

Exception Handling and Notifications

Real Time Integration

Synchronization and Replication

Metadata Management

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Data Virtualization

Multi Channel Support

API Management and Orchestration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews

Anis A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Dec 2023

Provides excellence in data management

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Microsoft SQL Server sets the standard in the industry

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integration with the Microsoft Ecosystem

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity and number of features make it a bit harder for newcomers to adapt to the software

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Invest some time into learning the software

Pros

Reliable
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Caring

Pouya A.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Fanatics administrative features

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Better documentation, more tutorials

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

easy to use, well-known, good support

What do you dislike most about this product?

price is high, not getting regular updates

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It works great for big projects

Pros

Saves Time
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Cons

Less Fair
Vendor Friendly Policies
Vendor's Interest First

Dave v.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Dec 2023

Generally works adequately for ETL tasks

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

SSIS does a nice, simple integration of data for a wide variety of integration services. In general, Microsoft SQL Server provides a product family to allow many sorts of integration, reporting and data warehouse functions. SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) does a decent integration job and meshes with the data warehouse systems within Microsoft. Power BI is OK for reports, but it is not the same functionality. I like that SSIS has a community around it for enhanced functions you can purchase. If Microsoft doesn't offer it, google it and see who does. Note: I am not reviewing SSRS. That is substandard.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It does what I need it to do, and if you go to third party packages it does it for a really huge variety of stuff.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Licensing costs. You need a decent administrator who knows the product or at least knows how to follow directions on updates. We have been burned several times. I used to hate integrating Visual Studio and SSIS but lo and behold they fixed the issues in the latest release. FINALLY! You have to beware some of the third party vendors. They don't keep up to date and their stuff can be buggy. Look before you leap. That's very annoying but true. I won't name names but could.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Read the manual first. Get a CURRENT book on it or two. Then go through some tutorials on YouTube. Decide what you need to do. Make sure you have done any tutorial exercises for that function in the book(s) and actually know the basic building blocks. Find a good support group and join it and ask questions. Google your questions and problems. Usually someone else has had the same issues.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Vendor's Interest First
Vendor Friendly Policies
Less Generous

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft SQL Server Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft SQL Server?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Administrative Features Includes basic aspects of data extraction, transformation, and loading. Administrative console and process viewing, interruption, restart, cancel, and rollback.

Data Security Includes ability to hide sensitive data by masking with special characters or anonymous information.

Batch Integration Includes ability to schedule integration processes to run on a periodic basis to control the movement of data from a source to target.

Exception Handling and Notifications Ability to catch, report, and handle exceptions; includes transaction logging and event viewing.

Real Time Integration Able to integrate data in near-real time and handle movement of data from a source to target. Monitoring for changes in a data source in a non-invasive manner.

Synchronization and Replication Includes the ability to accurately catch, reflect, and correct changes in data across multiple data stores.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing Includes data cleansing, reconciliation, and profiling across multiple sources in batch mode.

Data Virtualization Includes ability to create views joining disparate data sources without the need for persistence.

Multi Channel Support The ability to support and connect with channels including Cloud Services, Big Data Platforms, web, mobile, social, IoT, wearables, etc.

API Management and Orchestration Includes publishing, promoting and overseeing APIs and Orchestration Services.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews

Anis A.

Provides excellence in data management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Pouya A.

Fanatics administrative features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Dave v.

Generally works adequately for ETL tasks

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Administrative Features

Data Security

Batch Integration

Exception Handling and Notifications

Real Time Integration

Synchronization and Replication

Metadata Management

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Data Virtualization

Multi Channel Support

API Management and Orchestration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization