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What is Microsoft SQL Server?

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Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately

8,000 passionate employees worldwide.

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Ana Liza B.

Senior Software Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/21/2023

"Microsoft SQL Server"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

It has desktop app where I can easily create queries. It is also very easy to create views and stored procedures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Maybe the restoration of bak files, sometimes when the version is not the same, I'm getting issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

vijay b.

Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/19/2022

"Best Relational Database Management System"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Microsoft SQL Server is the best Relational Database Management System. Writing SQL queries is too Much easy and the interface is great compared to other Databases. Indexing and Sorting of data using queries it's too easy and MS SQL Server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

The License of the Microsoft SQL server is too expensive for the client and for that we switch MS SQL to Postgres SQL and MongoDB. And one more thing is that the backup made of a newer version of ms SQL is not compatible with the older version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft SQL Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

The facility to work with a large amount of data is too easy and fast. and using Microsoft SQL the development and productivity increase. But We are a product-based company every client has its personal database. So the cost of MS SQL is too expensive for our clients so recently we switched to PostgreSQL and MongoDB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Selvakumar M.

Senior Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/2/2022

"Simple to query and get the information faster"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

SQL server is giving benefits like accessing,manipulation and query with the database to retrieve data from it and it is giving all the basic keywords as a highlighted which gives us a proper coding way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Initial load is very slow and the cost is high for some versions.some rules are hidden and complete control is not given to the database. It has complex interface that makes few users uncomfortable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gayathri M.

Executive

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/27/2023

"Microsoft SQL server Review"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

It is highly scalable and handle large amount of data and users. And also perform number of transaction and requests. It is data encryption, role based access control and auditing to help protect sensitive data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

SQL server can be expensive to license especially for larger organization with many users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

suresh p.

Rating Analyst

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/24/2022

"Powerful Data management Platform"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Simply and easy-to-operate query response tool to seamlessly connect applications. Integration with SDK such as Eclipse and Visual Studio is very easy. it helps to maintain relational database management with a SQL server in a robust and flexible way. Connectivity with SSIS packages and monitoring them is very easy. Microsoft SQL Server's unique views and stored procedures is super helpful to automate management tracking and improve customer interaction. Overall a powerful and easy to deploy software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

It is quite high on the cost front and takes a little extra effort to do bug tracking. The customizations and Interface could have been simplified so that training new users becomes easy. Import export procedures are bit tricky with new emerging technologies coming up every day. It's incompatible with Apple devices since some users have a mac OS but not windows/linux. Troubleshooting is a challenging task due to individual error handling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft SQL Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Unique views and stored server procedures help in automated tracking.

2. Through preset conditions, it ensures data consistency and redundancy based on the preset primary key.

3. Very convenient for cloud deployment applications and for CRUD operations

4. Strong RDBMS to pull data from multiple sources and collate it together

5. Data restore and recovery mechanism and data quality check from other sources (Adobe campaign) by pulling in data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

chirag S.

Senior Consultant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/6/2022

"Great experience of MS SQL server in RPA automation."

4/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Storing of Data, using a conditional statement such as addition, filtration, deletion of data and managing of the client was has been quite helpful while using Microsoft sql server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Not really ever felt like not using Microsoft sql server in RPA automation but i think my dislikes could be of managing massive data at times or also maintenance of big databases could lead to certain problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft SQL Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

I could add all the data received from the client to the SQL server and perform specific data validations before using that data in the downstream process. I can access client data for auditing purposes in case of any issue analysis OR RCA. Managing of huge data is easy before implementing into the downstream processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elf C.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/9/2023

"Poor for large scale operation"

2/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Easily integrate with SSMS SSIS SSRS. Fast in small trastional operation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Poor performance in general setup, high performance requires lot of memory to store in-memory tables Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LANKE P.

Senior Data Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/15/2022

"Simple SQL"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Very easy to understand and implement SQL. DB design and data importing are super handy and easy to execute. I can integrate with SSIS packages and monitor them inside the SQL server itself. I can also connect to cloud azure SQL servers as well, I can tell many more best things about SQL server but I will stop here Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Unless I use rollback I can't undo the executed operation which I dislike about SQL server. While loading txt files it cannot detect delimiter and it can't detect datatypes if we are using CSV or txt file also sometimes the app crashes abruptly or it can't take correct inputs from the mouse and keyboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Management Consulting

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/17/2023

"Must learn database for tech beginners."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Microsoft SQL is very developer friendly, has good performance, and is simple to install, the store procedure is what I like the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

design is not appealing, not a good solution for managing massive data since it lacks in performance, also incompatible with MacOS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

José Daniel M.

Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/1/2022

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"SQL server one of the best database engines"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

I like your IDE, manager studio I find the level of integration very useful as it is a Microsoft software the possibility of integrating with power bi desktop for example Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

The cost of the licenses, No, what I don't like about the software is the issue of the cost of the licenses Make airplanes for students to use the software in costs and maybe it can be used in ios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.