Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

SQL Server 2017 brings the power of SQL Server to Windows, Linux and Docker containers for the first time ever, enabling developers to build intelligent applications using their preferred language and environment. Experience industry-leading performance, rest assured with innovative security features, transform your business with AI built-in, and deliver insights wherever your users are with mobile BI.

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Microsoft

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Languages Supported

German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified)

Solution Type

All-in-One

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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

17 months

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User Insights

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Implementation Time

3 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

Typical contract price

$0k - $0k

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Mohammed Bilal O.

Cloud Support Associate

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/4/2024

"Used it for cloud integration in one of my projects"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

As a cloud engineer I wud say reporting, scalability and it helped me implement Analytics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

I don't feel I dislike anything I've completed many certificates in azure but SQL server was best for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rony B.

Head of iT support

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/4/2024

"Most reliable Database"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Integration with Power BI, database management, Big data analytics, High availability, high speed of processing data. Easy and fast transfer for data integration of SmileID with Microsoft SQL Server, it was smooth, easy, and we got a quick result. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

SQL scripting is a little bit difficult. The Always ON in SQL is a little bit delicate. The integration with non-Microsoft products is not easy at all and sometimes not supported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anishat N.

IT System Analyst

Hospital & Health Care

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/31/2024

"Local database solution"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Microsoft SQL server is very easy to use in any local pc. I like it for hosting small applications database in sql server. The implementation and integration is very simple. I love to extract exact data using query in sql server. Almost every day I used it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

There is nothing about dislike sql server, but when the database size increased sometimes It slow down the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhijit B.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/15/2024

"Most used any My favorite Sql and RDMS tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

SQL Server is known for its robust performance capabilities, including efficient query processing. By using SQL Server, query debugging is very easy. We can implement all types of SQL queries like joining multiple tables, creating views. I've used SQL Server for managing all my data, which is why I use it frequently on a daily basis. SQL Server provides very fast customer support. In my work at Kissan Konnect, I'm responsible for writing stored procedures, which makes it easy for query and integration with all apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

I want small improvements in finding stored procedures and the table filter is a little bit complicated. Overall, SQL Server is very best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ramakrishnan B.

Product engineer

Renewables & Environment

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/26/2024

"Good application to interface with several software."

4/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

We can actually interact with several data servers and export in Excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Slightly lags a bit while opening application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vinicius G.

Software Engineer

Information Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/25/2024

"A good enterprise manager for relational databases"

4/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

It provides a fantastic integration with other Microsoft products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

In my view, it is not as powerful as PostgreSQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muhammad Asim K.

Datascience Research Assistant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/17/2024

"Using SQL server for more than 5 years"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

I like its reliability and robustness for storing and managing a large amount of data.

It's easy to integrate with other Microsoft products.

It has powerful querying capabilities that makes the work easier and efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Its licensing cost is sometimes too much for smaller organisations. They should work on the utilisation of CPU resources to make it more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I have used sql server in many of my previous projects. Let's take an example of financial services project. The company needs to build reports of their data which we saved on SQL server and do the data modelling. Later, sql server was connected to Power BI for generating the insights of the financial performance of the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mahadi M.

Executive - IT

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/20/2024

"The Database for developing enterprise level applications."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Creating a database from scratch is very easy in ms sql server. We just have to download it from website and we are good to implement a application. We can also integrate it with various developing tools hassle free. I have to use every day microsoft sql server for mantaining our hospital HIS and also for generating reports. It's community is fantastic. We can get any kind of support within a short period of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

The new users might find the user interface complex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

As a dot net developer it is much accessible for me to use Microsoft SQL Server as a database server. I get the best community support from here. The hospital information system that we use in our workplace is also built in dot net integrated with Microsoft SQL Server. I can effortlessly maintain the application and download various reports from the server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jaivir S.

Lead Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/12/2022

"SQL : A good data server solution"

4/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

I have used SQL server with many applications over the years and the best part I like is its integration with all standard applications. Sharing of SQL scripts is very easy. Connections with multiple databases are also easy. I've most recently used it with tableau and it works almost seemlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Not a lot that I dislike but it does require some skills to maneuver around this product. That's why we have separate DBA's. I would love to see something like a GUI for SQL server just like data analytics software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

If I talk about the most recent development in our company, then SQL server is helping us easily integrate into our data warehousing plans. Easy interoperability allows us to query and create extracts which we use further in our other platforms like Jira and Tableau for data insights. I can simply write my queries to the data tables and the response time is great. I have been using SQL server solutions for a long time across many different applications - Dotnet web apps, data analysis apps and it has always been that one robust data solution that provides reliable and effective results always. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.