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Microsoft SQL Server

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /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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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 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
Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Administrative Features

Data Security

Exception Handling and Notifications

Batch Integration

Real Time Integration

Synchronization and Replication

Metadata Management

Data Virtualization

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Multi Channel Support

API Management and Orchestration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

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

John R.

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

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Submitted Jul 2023

Our data with SQL Server

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Even the Xpress version, offers a robust and very secure platform for our company. We have been using the various version they offer, such as Xpress, Developer and Standard, and we have now a very secure and reliable datacenter

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is very secure and offers a lot of connection capabilities to a bunch of sources and tools.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes, get support can get complicated directly from Microsoft

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use all the features it has, data storage, profiler, security. There is too much you can do with this software.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Karan B.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Empowering Your Business Insights

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

High Performance and scalability options. A large amount of growing data can be handled effortlessly. The in-memory processing feature boosts the performance of the query.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Direct integration with other products like PowerBI, Direct querying, and visualization can be done from other products of the Microsoft ecosystem and in many other cloud platforms. Indexing, column stores, etc provides exceptional query optimization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is a bit issue with platform dependency as they work well on Windows but on the platforms like Linux, mac the full capacity and features may not be available as in Windows.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

MS SQL knowledge is a must for any person in the data field. Make efforts to learn it at least up to the intermediate level.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Doğrar .

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

A robust tool with a lot of functionalities.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Microsoft SQL Server is the ideal solution to utilize since it has excellent data recovery support, high security, simple storage management, and a user-friendly interface. Shrink transactions are a feature that makes it simple for me. It is also very simple to utilize triggers and jobs, and it is simple to use via the Intranet. Working with many users is also a breeze. Good database management and data integration products are available. The Microsoft SQL server is fairly reliable and capable of responding to numerous requests for data.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The features of Microsoft SQL Server that I appreciate the most are its scalability and resilience, which enable it to manage huge and complicated databases with ease, and its easy connection with other Microsoft products and services, such as Azure. It can help me manage my databases for practically any project and is reliable, safe, and quick. If I properly index my tables, I won’t have any problems as the write and read speed is fantastic even for huge databases. The requirements of enterprise-level applications are catered for by SQL Server, which can scale to support huge databases and significant transaction volumes.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Installation-related settings and configuration can take a very long time. Making a mistake now could result in a challenging configuration returning.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ms. SQL server efficiently manages the data of an organization and rarely, experiences any problems. It requires very little upkeep once set up. The Teamcenter integration is more seamless than the Oracle integration. The SQL Server Management Studio program makes it simple for me to clone a production setup when I need to. Additionally, Microsoft offers a wealth of documentation and support materials for SQL Server.

Pros

Respectful
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

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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

+90 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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

John R.

Our data with SQL Server

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Karan B.

Empowering Your Business Insights

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Doğrar .

A robust tool with a lot of functionalities.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Administrative Features

Data Security

Exception Handling and Notifications

Batch Integration

Real Time Integration

Synchronization and Replication

Metadata Management

Data Virtualization

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Multi Channel Support

API Management and Orchestration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization