Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

I started working at Emerson almost 7 months ago and have been using the 2012 version of SQL Server Management Studio. The performance is great when writing complex queries and the intellisense makes writing queries very quick and efficient. The availability of online resources when looking for help in solving a problem is also a plus. The user interface is very straightforward and easy to navigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't have many complaints. There doesn't seem to be a way to automatically format SQL queries so when copy/pasting large queries, so I've had to spend a decent amount of time. Fixing indents after doing this. The licensing is also pretty expensive. Aside from those two points, I think it is a great product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SQL works well for my purposes. Have not encountered issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software seems high priced for its quality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Highly Available SQL Cluster Service is extremely valuable to our organization to be able to provide a STABLE Database Environment. The replica / clustering feature is extremely valuable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not as straight forward as it could be in relation to required installed Features. Not having FILESTREAM turned on, on one of our nodes caused some issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Always On Availability Groups are my favorite feature at the moment. I love how easy they are to set up and how well they work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately, as the product has grown, so has it's price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a Microsoft product hence the best integration with the Windows OS family. Also , it's scalability is impressive . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some applications cannot use MS SQL and other DB software has to be used, like Oracle. However, that is not Microsoft's fault

Support could be better as offshoring affects the quality of support received. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you have data, and you need to store it, SQL is the way. Easy to install, so many resources available for learning, and it's a stable program. SQL has great features for integration providing bridges for many applications to use and share data. The ability to relate data has to be the best feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes conversions of data types can be tricky, and it's not clear why they fail. The many choices of datatypes I'm sure are useful to some but cause confusion if you don't know what best fits your situation. Without a good description given in the program it's time consuming to research. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We manage a small to medium Access database with a SQL backend. I've taken a few SQL classes and enjoy the ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There isn't much that I do not like about it. I haven't used too many other types of databases. I have used a full-Access database and did not like that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cost for licensing is not too bad. Generally easy to work with and maintain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The server administration interface could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The User interface is very nice and all the options are easily visible and searchable.

Analyzing data is easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its some what slow in accessing the DBs sometimes.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like the Properties tab with status and connection details. Ability to connect to multiple servers and multiple databases and copy/paste commands across different queries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No easy way to request access to servers and databases seamlessly to database admin Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.