Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

SQL server management studio language is very intuitive and easy to pick up. This is the program I initially learned SQL with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited compatibility. Server Management studio is designed to work exclusively on Microsoft servers, which is a shame for those who have Unix based machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use language, and ETL tool. The language is similar to what is used in TOAD and is very user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Interface could be modernized and also shortcuts need to be present Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1) Integration services are one of the best tools to connect to different data sources from different locations in different formats.

2) Integrations Services has different transformations tasks that help in data wrangling and data type conversion very helpful.

3) Its helpful in data quality checks in identifying the messy data.

4) Helps in merging data from different data sources and transferring to a single destination. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At times, while executing the package, the tool becomes unresponsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use, great functionality. It has all the core programming options and is capable of robust reporting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reporting can be tedious depending on how your IT dept sets up security credentials but that's more specific to the implementation rather the actual program itself Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cheap to get ( express edition is free). Lots of online guides on how to use and manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can take a bit to get everything installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Personally I really like ease of use of sql server. Its so easy and intelligent that you can use it for all low qps applications where you don't need something like Oracle, db2 etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its limited support for handling mission critical applications due to security concerns, optimizer is not that evolved like Oracle. Also its limited support for other platform. MS just started giving it for Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about SQL server is its ease of use, and it’s compatibility with .NET Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike its more difficult compatibility with Java’s Eclipse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MSSQL is the basis and also advance DB SOFTWARE that each and every IT people know. Its easy ans ready to start. And most important, Microsoft supports it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing precisely. Try it. I just want to say that. However ORACLE may distract you from your choices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the performances, the utilities, that make it an easy to use enterprise DB Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the cost of software licenses and the lack of horizontal scalability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Even older versions are still great

Tons of templates

Compatible with almost everything

Great data analysis

Fastest retrieval of data when compared to other products

The developer network, which has made me appear much smarter than I actually am! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It consumes memory voraciously and needs more restarts than expected to regain optimal performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.