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Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
AH
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"2017: SQL Server Keeps Getting Better"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Reporting Services, OLAP, flexibility to allow exchange of data via ODBC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

install problems. Trying to install with Visual Studio results in issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
UB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Microsoft SQL"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Microsoft SQL is a really good relational database to write relational queries and perform insert, update and delete queries from application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

It can be more robust as compared to other relational database and cannot be used for unstructured data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Environmental Services
AE
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Another MS product"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Name brand, well known company with a history of new ideas Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Not overly user friendly... a lot of features but no real focus on any Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
AH
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"SQL Server"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

The language is exciting to learn and master and you can achieve great results and databases.

SQL server is a very reliable database software and it's uptime is very high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Some of the best features are not available unless you purchase enterprise edition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SN
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"SQL Server Review"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

I like that it helps me control the permissions granted to any user, also I like that I can query any tables in any DB easily, also I like that I can verify my script before executing it, also that I can shrink the database to save space, also I can generate a script with either the structure or the structure with the data for any table or list of tables and execute it in any other SQL DB, also I like the feature of of exporting tables data from SQL DB to another easily, I like the stored procedures, views, it really saves a lot of efforts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Security should be enhanced please, I don't like its level of security and it sometimes hangs while big queries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Construction
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great Software, High Price"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

The best part about Microsoft's SQL server is simply that when it works, it works flawlessly. Once you have your database design done and everything has been setup, I can't imagine a better program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

The not so great parts of SQL server is that it takes some getting used to. Microsoft's SQL dialect is slightly different which makes troubleshooting a bit difficult sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Investment Management
UI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Full-featured RDB"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Does what I think an RDB should with very little cryptic syntactical sugar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

It's not a document repository. Everything seems to be heading that way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Baylee B.
BB
Digital Strategist
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Timeless "
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Easily integratable, used friendly, universal tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Can be a bit slow on our older systems, requires updates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Donald H.
DH
Multiple (Engineer, Architect, VP)
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to use with tons of features"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

I've used a number of DBMS tools but the thing that stands out to me in regards to SSMS is the ability to analyze execution plans. Not very many DBMS tools have this and the ones that do are not as good.

Along with that, having code complete is another awesome feature. As long as it isn't an Azure SQL db, code complete works really well and is very fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Without a 3rd party add on, there is no code complete when working with an Azure SQL cloud database. Also, unless you are running a new version, it doesn't support connecting to an Azure SQL db using Azure credentials. You need to be sure to have a newer version for this to work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
UT
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"It's a solid product but I don't expect much"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

underlining bad code with a red line after you immediately make an error Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

I think the errors could error warnings are insufficient, could provide more specifics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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3 months

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