Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

18 months

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Anuj S.

Data Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/9/2019

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Microsft SQL"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

1. It is very easy to store and manipulate data.

2. It provides various types of data for analysis.

3. Supports SSIS and SSRS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

1. Setup takes more time.

2. Sometimes slows down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/29/2019

"Easy to use for most basic Data Solutions"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Enjoy the ease of use and Reporting capabilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

It's a lack of ability to handle large Blobs of data such as note fields or large quantities of geodata Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/3/2019

"Best Relational Database On The Market"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Very easy to install and setup - even in the case of needing High Availability. Works Well. So much information on-line. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Their locking scenes could be better. Lock entire tables way too often. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/21/2019

"Modern DB "

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

I like having the option of using the wizards/user interfaces in the database client as well as scripting database functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

One of the things I dislike about the MS SQL suite is that it doesn't play as well with Oracle solutions as I think it could. If I could build reports and scripts easier over db connection to an oracle back end, MS SQL suite would be my one-stop-shop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

arsh d.

Software Integrator

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/1/2018

"Best database software in enterprise environment for window platforms clients"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

easy to use.

contained inbuilt tools like sql profiler for performance monitoring and debugging.

security updates are easy to apply.

we can check query execution plan, helps in improving production system performance.

easily able to import and export data to excel word or any text document.

we can easily take network backups of database.

Differential backups are very easy and helpful.

we can store very large archive dta, data even older than 10 years old or more.

As interface with each sql server version 2008 , 2012 , 2014 all new ones is similar.User can easily work with new version without difficulty.

Deadlocks queries are best traceable using this software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

required licensing from Microsoft.

Required good hardware for long-running queries otherwise results into sql server is busy and software lag.

take a lot of CPU resources.

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Recommendations to others considering Microsoft SQL Server:

for secure and reliable database environment this is one of the best software currently present in industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

All our production system using sql server for database management.

we are using this for daily deployment and upgrades of releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/27/2019

"Robust and best suited for real time"

4/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

The query plan and indexes column representation through a graph diagram makes it easier to see which columns have to indexes removed etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Replication and view refresh takes time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sofia b.

Programmer Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/7/2019

"Gets the job done"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

I like how the code is readable due to the different colors used for SQL text Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

The errors can be more descriptive when trying to test SQL code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aslak K.

Vice President

Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/25/2018

"One of the great tools!"

3/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

There are spreadsheets and then there are databases. SQL is king when it comes to creating a useful database. One can store millions and millions of rows of data and call them back with complex views and queries. Also, being able to do mass changes to selected records in the database is powerful, as well as being able to test your code using rollback first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

There is a steep learning curve when trying to get a grasp of sql statements, but it's worth it. Do yourself a favor and learn how to code in SQL and watch your back for that next promotion.Take lot of space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/30/2018

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Excellent product to store, process and retrieve structured data"

4/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

* Ease of use. It not only stores but also processes and secures data.

* Support Data restore. backup and recovery functions.

* Integrates with almost all the programming languages.

* ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) tool like SSIS provided by SQL Server are very useful and relatively inexpensive as compared to it competitor products.

* Support reports creation via SSRS.

* Highly efficient Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

* Utilization of resources needs improvement

* Product performance needs to improve

* Ability to handle unstructured data will be useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Microsoft SQL Server:

Excellent for Management Information System and Decision Support System. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

* Used as backend DBMS to store structured data for web applications.

* Use ETL tools to feed data to downstream systems.

* Generate reports that allow business with critical decision making at the right time.

* Events are triggered at right time to allow transfer / replication of data in a planned manner.

* Supports Disaster recovery functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nihir S.

Software Developer

Hospital & Health Care

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/31/2018

"SQL Server : Excellent Data Storage And Analyzing Tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

The ease of integration with any application. The ease of data access and usability. The ease of adding of removing users. Securing different access levels for each user. Ease of training for new employees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Nothing I can think of right now. Overall really good experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Microsoft SQL Server:

Overall an excellent tool for data gathering and visualization. Excellent support and large user community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Microsoft SQL Server is an excellent tool for any sort of applications. I have used it extensively for multiple web applications where relationships between the tables is needed. Overall capability of the server is very extensive and deep. The Analysis services feature is so great, it allows us to analyze more than Terabytes of data within seconds. The in-built user management system is great too, very few lines of personal code needs to be written to use that. In early days we used to leverage DTS processes too, which helped us analyze large chunks of data. The ease of use and access is peerless. Most the time we have to transfer data between multiple servers and the concept of Linked servers have helped us to achieve that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.