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. 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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90 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
96 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+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?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Cons
- Less Generous
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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews
Agha A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Oct 2024
I am in love of SQL Server
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
Great Query engine
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Query runs quickly and ease of use
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing dsilike in the product
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Install it and use it you will like it.
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Effective Service
- Saves Time
Colin B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Sep 2024
The simple, scalable, stand-by for business.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
Ease of implementation and integrastion with other systems. MS SQL Server has been around forever and plays nice with all third party software and applications. It's integration with teams and outlook are also a huge pluse for failure notification or alert triggering.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Integration. I use SQL Server for reporting in Tableau, data amanagement for Power Automate Flows, independant alert triggering with Teams. and many more.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It can take a long time to catch up to newer versions, meaning not all syntax is supported in a query depending on the specific server you interact with, this can be annoying. On premises servers also have to incorporate gateways to manage communication, a pain, but doable.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you need a lot of data at a low cost and will only be integrating with standard applications, then this is the one to go with. After years in the market support is readily available online and most questions you have will have been answered many times over. If you need something that can connect directly with APIs or Open AI you might want to look at Azure or Snowflake
Pros
- Reliable
- Effective Service
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
Cons
- Commodity Features
Himanshu S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2024
Easy to use with advanced security features.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
The main difference between SQL Server and other similar products is that the SQL Server provided us with lots of security-related features and also a very friendly UI.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of the SQL server is that it is capable of log transcription with minimal risk factors compared to other similar products, and the SQL server also provides the SQL agent that is enough for observation of the data.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The most disliked thing is that sometimes it shows the server is busy and processes very slowly.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I don't have any recommendations.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing