Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

The best feature about Microsoft SQL is that it follows all the ANSI standards and all RDBMS fundamentals including clustering and database administration. Also the maintenance cost of the database is comparatively low as compared to other RDBMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the fact that there are few restrictions from storage aspect. Fetching the data from the bigger table takes some resources and time and also having an optimal plan in Microsoft SQL is tedious to find. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Many years ago, when I was still a novice in the development world, I met SQL server, and it was love at first sight. Microsoft SQL is a standard for applying the Structured Query Language to tabular databases, which makes life much easier when your database is massive. You can select the data that you want using clear syntax, and from there work more quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SQL is not always the most powerful option out there. Having learned a bit of Python recently, I've discovered there are many operations that are clunky or impossible through SQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Flexibility to create and conform disparate data sources into a single source of highly optimized data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Have dealt with other db solutions over the last 3 decades, (dB3Plus anyone?) and not much to dislike about MSSQL. Every software environment, system, or platform has it's own set of quirks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its excellent tool support such as Sql Server Profiler, SQL Server Management Studio, BI tools and Database Tuning adviser, which saves a lot of time and makes everything looks so easy.

It has the best XML support and has connection drivers for almost all platform to connect with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its high cost and dependency on Microsoft for any new feature and Microsoft generally ships updates in 2 years cycle.

Requires a big investment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy query writing, large amount of resources online. This is what I first used to learn SQL and I think it helped me a lot more than any other SQL server would Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When you are building a large table, have a lot of data, etc it takes a long time to execute a query Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best with microsoft sql server is that it is easy to use, understand and that it has a lot of videos online to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is not much that I dont like about the product, even though I believe progress is always achievable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

easy retrieval speed of the dATA WHEN REQUIRED Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sometimes it gives vague responses with lots of unwanted data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is the Perfect tool to quickly access the DBs, query the DB and perform quick modifications on the DB where the user has access to. This tool can also be used by semi-technical folks who are not so tech savvy but still have to query the DB with ready SQL queries for their regular data analysis tasks. As this is comparatively light and installation can be quiet faster, however there should be a remote DB available to get access to and for querying Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its a good tool and there is not much to dislike. One might face little difficulty, if they are non-technical and do not have some ready SQL queries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease with which it is used, all the features it offers. The flexibility to manipulate the database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is definitely nothing I don't like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We use the db sql server for different monitoring and scheduling systems. Excellent in management \ query execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Slow client and expensive licenses. There are very powerful DB Open Source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.