What is Microsoft SQL Server?
Apply intelligence across all your data with SQL Server 2019. Whether your data is structured or unstructured, query and analyze it using the data platform with industry-leading performance and security.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+86 Net Emotional Footprint
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How much do users love Microsoft SQL Server?
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- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: Initial Implementation
Submitted Feb 2024
Efficient and user-friendly software
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Efficient Service
Thong K.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2024
Powerful and reliable enterprise database
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
It is feature rich has unparalleled integration with the Microsoft ecosystem, including Windows Server as the underlying platform and Visual Studio for development and enhancement of integrations and customized solutions.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Development of data solutions and integrations are very easy with SSIS and made even easier when used with tools such as Visual Studio. There are a number of connectors and integration options available so finding something that works for your needs is simple. SQL Server is very mature so has support for most of anyone's data needs, and if there isn't something in the base product, support is so ubiquitous that there is probably a third-party solution available.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The licensing is getting more and more expensive as time goes one and can be very confusing. Managing and supporting high availability clusters can be overly complex.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you need an established database management system that is mature, reliable, and well supported, then you can't go wrong with SQL Server, even if you are not in the Windows ecosystem.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
Cons
- Less Friendly Negotiation
- Less Generous
- Less Efficient Service
John M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Government
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2023
Reliable, proven product from a great brand
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
MS SQL Server is extremely compatible with software products across a wide spectrum. You can rest easy knowing that virtually any application you use will be able to connect with SQL, interface with it, and be fully integrated. Microsoft provides a great deal of support, and a lot of third party companies do as well. It's a given that developers and software companies have a close relationship with MS SQL.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
SQL Server has a lot of features that provide a great deal of flexibility in how you setup your data, how it's stored, retrieved, and managed. There are very useful things you can do with SQL such as Views, Stored Procedures, and functions. These features are not terribly difficult to setup, and there is a lot of documentation online to consume if you need it.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Lack of a graphical interface for setting up tables, rows, columns.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Microsoft has been developing and supporting MS SQL Server for many years. Buy purchasing and using MS SQL, you know that this product is mature and highly documented. There's a large community backing the product, so you're never alone.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
