Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

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Tiempo de Implementación

3 meses

Retorno de la Inversión

18 meses

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Danielle T.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Biotechnology

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/9/2017

"Ok for integration"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Helpful for using SQL server at our university. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Sometimes freezes and not very user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Outsourcing/Offshoring

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/25/2016

"3 Years Experience with SQL for BI"

4/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Easy and quick data extraction, graphical table creation and query design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Rigid result view, only textual view. Needs visualization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Microsoft SQL Server:

Use it for data creation, integration, cleaning, and processing. It needs integration with visulization tools such as Tableau or power BI to be more effective product. It also needs Hadoop when size of data is really big. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft SQL Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

Business intelligence, easy and quick time to market, data cleaning, processing, and preparation for analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vivek S.

Research Assistant

Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/27/2016

"One of the best ETL tool out there"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

The performance is great and provides connectivity to large number of sources. It integrates with Data quality services and SASS software. One of the best part feature is that it provides plugins to support and interface with salesforce application. It also includes a SQL server agent which comes in very handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

At times it uses a lot of resources and there is no memory usage provided. Also, it is not consistent with data types and they are not always correct when reading from views. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/25/2016

"SQL Server Reliable Stable Product!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Stable product that is the base of our enterprise software solution. Runs good with out a whole lot of maintenance and is much more user friendly than it used to be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

I need to take a SQL Class to learn the correct syntax to make a better use of the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/12/2017

"Still awesome tool for data management"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

easy to use, excellent proven track, reliable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

eats a bit ram at times, other than that its perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jessica W.

Results Specialist

Marketing and Advertising

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/20/2017

"Good basic database access"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

The ease of use of the program is a plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Program is not compatible with Mac operating system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/8/2016

"great and its free"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

If your shop is already using SQL Server, the there is no reason why you willl not use SSIS to automate some process and get your data into their respective tables on a daily basis with the freshest, or almost real time data. Create a package than looks in a folder for a text file that is dropped into it from your legacy system every evening, and load the data into a table. Join that table to another look up table, get the data you want and create your report with SSRS(also free with SQL Server) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

I dislike the small bugs that you encounter sometimes when you are trying to complete a task. You can easily google the issue you are experiencing and fix it, however. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhinav R.

Manager, Business Intelligence, Research and Analytics

Government Administration

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/5/2016

"Great tool for building a robust and flexible data warehouse solution"

4/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

- Integrates well with numerous data sources, ranging from Oracle, MySQL, Excel, Access, Postgreg, etc.

- Integrates well into the Microsoft stack of tools

- Very flexible in the ability to extract and transform data into a single unified source

- Ability to automate workflows - especially around updating data in a multi dimensional cube

- Ability to integrate alerts, fuzzy logic and audits right within the ETL process

- Does not require any additional licenses other than MS SQL

- Included tasks and templates to make it easy to start developing processes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

- Has a steep learning curve, unless you are familiar with the Microsoft suite of tools

- Requires additional software (but no license) - works best when running with Visual Studio

- Requires experienced developers to utilize full powers of the tool - new developers might find certain components Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft SQL Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were looking to build a data warehouse from scratch and we have multiple data source types, ranging from Oracle DBs to Microsoft DBs to Excel to Access. We were interested in a tool that is flexible, open and robust enough to handle ETLs from various data sources. SSIS works great is building a data warehouse within a MS SQL environment - and Microsoft has an open framework that allows for any front end to be placed on top of the data warehouse - allowing us the flexibility to use sharepoint, power BI, Qlik, Tableau Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sandip D.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/16/2016

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"SSIS is the one of the best solution for the bulk data transfer and data migration "

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

This is the best tool for the data transfer and data migration. It is lots of inbuilt tools which helps the work done very easily and equivalent less time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

It could been improved more with the tools that it is providing. The configuration of the product can be better . and the tools that it is providing can be better espically for the data migration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft SQL Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have used this for the migrate the data from one server to another server. Like we have our products two versions one is the old and a other is new both versions have different database structure. So in order to customer to move to née version ne need to add the old data to new database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.