Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

Most Windows based software will use MS SQL. Most software that I setup that uses MS SQL has that as it's exclusive database option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's very resource intensive, especially on RAM. There is a bit of a learning curve on the management tools and such, but that's to be expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Consistent db, robust, stable and many tools for report (propierty and not propietary), and fell secure with backups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

some automatic rollback and some conflicts with vdi software (veam for example) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It gets updates frequently. When have not had many issues with keeping our test and production systems up to date and running Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If there is an issue it is usually a big issue that requires multiple days to resolve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is super user friendly and industry standard. Microsoft markets at least a dozen different editions of Microsoft SQL Server, aimed at different audiences and for workloads ranging from small single-machine applications to large Internet-facing applications with many concurrent users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few some stability issues.SQL Server Standard edition includes the core database engine, along with the stand-alone services. It differs from Enterprise edition in that it supports fewer active instances (number of nodes in a cluster) and does not include some high-availability functions such as hot-add memory (allowing memory to be added while the server is still running), and parallel indexes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of best relational database available in market. Very efficient with bulk data loading, managing and indexing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Table partitioning is bit harder to handle. Large database require lot of maintenance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have used MySQL, and Oracle except for Microsoft SQL and I found the errors displayed by the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) are very clear compared to other two. I Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very expensive which is the main drawback. MySQL runs on Linux and MacOS but I do not think SQL Servers runs on those OS which is also another disadvantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are currently in a project to migrate our data warehouse to SQL 2014 from Oracle DB. We basically started this project because of the "in-memory" capabilities of SQL 2014 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

compatibility from Oracle statements will need to be re-written Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use this for business use. We pull data from databases and change settings globally. Lots of functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Difficult to use for begginers. Difficult UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Admittedly, I am a novice SQL user. However, I find it accomplishes everything I need it to. The ability to query scripts against databases is what I like best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not pick up and easy to use software. It is not intended in that manner, but it can be very foreign to users with zero experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft SQL has so many added features and things you can do with a database that other sequel serverc cannot match. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As with all microsoft products, the customer service and employees are horrible to deal with. Avoid at all costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.