Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

The management studio is really easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be a bit slow at times and there could be better log features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to install. Ready to get going in minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Clustering may not work well if the implementation is not done well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

pull data from legacy systems and combine in data mart. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

tools for "citizen developers" are still rather challenging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a relational database. Relational database are powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are tons of other free open source alternatives that are just fine. In fact they are awesome. Why would you pay for this product? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to spin up and expandable. Growing feature set for BI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Licensing is getting more complex with CPU and user type Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Remarkably good user interface, fast, easy to use and traverse tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cost of server licenses, used to be more affordable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simplicity of use and scalability of usage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sometimes too many sublevels to get to a specific function Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This tool is Microsoft's own tool for managing their SQL server environments. It works well for managing databases, controlling security for access to the SQL databases, setting up simple scheduled management tasks such as database backups (dumps), and it lets you generate and test queries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Certain aspects such as managing security permissions and accessing logs are not fully intuitive and the location of these items are not accessible from the top level, requiring the user to dig deeper and find them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've found that the user friendliness of the tool especially for a newer leaner has been a great boost to my development. It's familiarity as a Microsoft product is both a pro and con Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tool has the drawback of being based around administration. Translation back to the business often requires manipulation using a second app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The query language is my favorite feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost of licensing is my least favorite option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.