Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

MSSQL comes with excellent tools that will save you a lot of time in these areas – tools like SQL Server Profiler, SQL Server Management Studio, BI tools and Database Tuning Advisor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Higher amounts of performance and power you need a higher level of skill to maintain it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MS SQL is truly built for Enterprise level data storage and analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SQL Server is so complex that there really is a lot to learn and be trained on just to get started. The User Interface could definitly be improved to be more intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very powerful data management. Very secure and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have just started using SQL so I'm still learning but nothing not to like so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Security and encryption options (at rest and in transit)

Always-On High Availability

Performance at scale

Monitoring and Analytics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Enterprise can get quite expensive, but it's required for premium features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reliable; relatively easy to administer; huge amount of paid and free books, videos, blogs, forums, third-party products available; actively being improved by Microsoft. I would say the ecosystem around SQL Server is second to none. It is supported by many vendors of other products. In decades of part-time use I have found almost no bugs in the product. I also like Microsoft's recent effort to port SQL Server to Linux. Azure opens more possibilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be pricey; and small parts of the ISO standard are still not implemented (for example, date intervals). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it is out in the market for many years and therefore is now in a excellent bug free level, along with oracle they are leading the rdbms market. excellent reputation and acceptance among customers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the sql management studio is missing a lot of functionality, for professional users it is advised to purchase third party dev studios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how easy it is to set up and to code. It basically the same as MySQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I first signed up for it, I had to go through Microsoft Azure which kept freezing on me and I wasn't getting the verification code I even made sure I put in the right number and about after 3 times it went through. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MS SQL is fairly easy to learn as long as you understand relational database concepts. Most of the syntax is readily available on web, in case if you are stuck. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Compatibility with some other products outside of MS ecosystem is limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So many resources online to help you navigate and troubleshoot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing. It's pretty good. Oh, wait the connection between servers though. Which was easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a very efficient access control and permission management tool which provides enhanced performance in data collection. The best part of Microsoft SQL is it has a streamlined installation and enhanced performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a huge server designed to support millions of records so it’s pricing is very high for home users and small business. Further, it uses a core language, which is different from other database applications such as MySQL and Oracle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.