Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Product Details

The ability to execute query fast on cloud based azure data warehouse and support from Microsoft support team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The TCP/IP protocol error while connecting native database of cloud as server not found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SQL is easy to use and it's fast. I've heard bad stories about people using Oracle based databases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sorting through what code is for SQL vs MySQL is difficult sometimes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Well documented, lots of learning resources, best tools forr development, optimization and design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Price is bit expensive, otherr then that, great product with wide range of use cases: data store, reporting etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its very famous, so lots of applications can connect with it helping in data conection and allows for multiple data base connections. Handles very well big chunks of data. Has very high availability, wich is vital for a program like this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the warnings it gives are not very clear, making difficult to address the problem. It takes most of the memory from the server it's installed it, not allowing anything to be installed there apart from Microsoft SQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Works well, a relatively easy-to-use interface by the standard of SQL database tools. Works well with .NET development tool and runtime stack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Does not work as well with open-source software stacks. Can be expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its super easy to use and management. I use the SQL Server Mangement Studio and once you create your tables, you can be rest assured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it is a little clumsy when taking in queries. For instance, I do not like referring to the master db again and again when I have already written the query to use it. Every time we have to refer to the main db.tablename which gets redundant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Good lifecycle, excellent performance when tuned properly, and easy to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Each revision brings with it changes which haven't always been compatible with our env. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of use and simple interface that can be understood by anyone. Microsoft takes great care of data security and provides features to return in case of failures. After each data change, an automatic backup is performed, so it’s almost impossible to lose information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can get stuck for large result sets and can waste a lot of time sometimes. Working on SQL Server is expensive. Developers need to optimize the program and reduce resource consumption. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Excellent database from Microsoft! Easy to use with lots of capabilities for beginners and advanced power users. UI is stable and they have a good MSDN base for articles and documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mostly UI based actions, basic operations would be nice to be accessed from cmd line. SQLCMD has been discontinued which would have allowed you to connect, query, export results from various databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Graphical User Interface - I'm getting more and more used to the command line, but am glad that SQL Server has a good management studio included

Great Documentation - Microsoft's website makes it easy to find answers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Less support for open source software, but it is improving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.