G2

Babatope B.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/8/2019

"The most seamless database migration I've ever seen in any IT software"

5/5

What do you like best about SQL Server on Virtual Machines?

No joke, migration of local SQL Database to SQL on virtual machine is "easy peasy:" simply spin up a virtual machine, back up your SQL Server instance, and restore it into the virtual machine - period! In addition, all the good stuff on your physical SQL server are available on the SQL server on virtual machine:

- Loads of tools and wizards that simplify tasks and help to get tasks completed without extensive knowledge of Database

- Query wizard with intuitive IDE

- excellent integration with other Microsoft products

- reliability plus performance

- easy administration, even via active directory

- Easy connection to external database

- additional benefit of optimization by the team that built SQL when hosted in Azure and also peace of mind that databases are highly-secured on the most compliant cloud

- Improve business continuity in the event of disaster by placing SQL Server Always On Availability Group replicas in virtual machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SQL Server on Virtual Machines?

- Back up is a breeze, but restoration of large database is challenging

- Software consumes a lot of memory as the database grows

- Great for mid to complex projects, but inadequate for large projects such as IoT projects

- software can use more monitoring tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SQL Server on Virtual Machines:

Go for it! You will save tone of time and money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SQL Server on Virtual Machines solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have saved a lot of time in setup and migration of SQL servers. Also, we have saved cost utilizing pay-as-you-go service rather than building physical servers for our databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.