Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

SQL Server provides multiple options to choose for High Availability for e.g. Always ON, Database Mirroring, Replication, Cluster, Log shipping, etc. It support database snapshot and content databases which is very useful way of managing multiple DB requirements. Client tool is one of best add on, almost 99% of activities can be performed using intuitive GUI console, easy for newcomers and also provide advanced capabilities for advanced DBA's. It provides easy to use configurable options, vast online help for using it, it is certainly a very High available RDBMS system and reliable enough to provide 99.99% availability for mission critical applications. Other features I like about, MSDN, Microsoft community support, Powershell support for programming administrations and the list is endless. It do come with 180 days trial version and is a good way to start up with for new SQL Server administrators and developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It doesn't provide portability to AIX/Unix based system, may be in near future it will come as Microsoft just announced some progress on same due to Microsoft R support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use as this is a main tool to ultilize data. Easy to transform and extract data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not responsive sometimes. Sometimes it takes long time to process big data set Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the fact that SQL Server has been steadily getting better and better since it's initial release. Oracle dominated the database market at the time and SQL server was dismissed as a "tinker toy" database and not something ready for the enterprise.

SQL server is now world class, easy to use and the SQL Always On option is a really easy way to setup mirrored SQL sites for instant backup and disaster recovery.

The interface is point and click and, as expected, feels just like other Microsoft products. The ease of integration both into and out of SQL server make it ideal for all types of businesses large and small.

Oh...and SQLExpress (the free version) is usually good enough for development and test environment if you are short on $$$. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not much -- many of the annoying gaps have been plugged and it is pretty rock solid in terms of all the functions I need including backup/recovery, deployment, etc...

SQL server (like all databases) has benefited GREATLY from the general rise of available RAM and faster hard drives in everything from latptops to servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ease of access ,price ,user friendly interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

hard to scale because it don't run on linux Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robust, ease of use. Great knowledge and support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MS SQL Server is a complete end to end tool for database management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The usage of it is very nice and simple! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing that I dislike about Microsoft SQL; I like it a lot! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is the best relational database I worked with and have nice capability for debugging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Once the data grows the performance is an issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server are amazing. They have added some very useful features over the years my favorite being MERGE and CTE. I've used it every day for the past 10 years, and the only time it failed under heavy load was back before we upgraded to 2008 version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The SQL Server Management Studio is ok, it allows you to change UI colors, etc. I was able to find a dark theme... But it's a far cry from a true IDE. Although if you are using .NET and Visual Studio you'd probably have a lot more options. Also, I'm yet to find a good way of doing version tracking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like most the ease of the user experience that Microsoft SQL offers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

To achieve some of the things that shouldn’t be hard, are actually much harder (than they should be, e.g. pivoting tables). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Having used other database solutions, MS SQL is by far the easiest to setup, configure and deploy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the admin UI features could do with a makeover after all these years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.