Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

MS SQL Server has been extremely reliable. The syntax ports well with other query based languages and I find myself using this framework for most or all my projects because of how much documentation and support there is online and how easy it is to integrate and implement solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Certain advanced features can be complicated. However there is a lot of support and resources available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like features of MS SQL Server as relational db system. We have build whole system on it. I would like to recommend option for exporting e-r diagram from tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Licensing costs could be high in case you have huge resource consumption. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Easy to administrate

- Compatible with Microsoft tools

- Free and Paid versions

- Multiple Engine versions

- Very Powerful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Sometimes as Windows dependent, you have to restart the service or reboot the OS where it is running Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simple to use and set up if you have a base in SQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It uses a lot of resources on the server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robust with ease of use and integration with multiple applications. It is also ease to implement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometime fine tune of database is challenging with respect to application requirments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

High performance with smooth query optimization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

offers excellent security features, keeping sensitive data safe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integrations with microsoft azure, power bi, excel etc

Ease of use

HA/DR

Performance tuning tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Licensing costs

Version compatability issues

Not open source Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of integration with Microsoft power automate flows. I have created views and have run the scripts on data too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The design part of the view sometimes return errors while the query works successfully. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about Microsoft SQL Server is that it is user friendly. It is easy to integrate other tools like PowerBI, Excel with it which indeed helps in streamlining workflows with ease. It provides advanced security features which include encryption and authentication making it a reliable tool. Microsoft offers many support channels. It includes 24/7 assistance and a diverse knowledge base. It is also useful for daily usage whether it's querying data from a database or generating reports. The installation and setup process of SQL Server is straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although SQL Server is user-friendly, yet some features of it might seem challenging to beginners. For larger systems, setting up SQL Server could take up an ample amount of time which is a downside. Customer support is good but sometimes the response time could be high for things which have higher urgency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best software which I use daily to analyze data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing as such negatives, sometimes the server is slow we should wait a long time to get a single query output, but server problem is common wherever you go Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.