What is Microsoft SQL Server?
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90 Likeliness to Recommend
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98 Plan to Renew
84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+93 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Effective Service
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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews
Harshita N.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Aug 2022
Best Tool for database access
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
It's compatible for applications built in Python, .Net core, Java etc. It's easy for database access
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It's easy to use and reliable in terms of security.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It fulfill all my requirements and didn't find anything that I really dislike
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It's the best in marketplace if you are looking for database that can handle a huge amount of data. It's reliable for automatic job runs as well.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
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Mahesh H.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Aug 2022
Extremely helpful for DBMS needs
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
It is very helpful software product for storing and querying data, Comes with a user-friendly interface. It supports many transaction processing and BI engines. For example, you can connect a SQL Server database to most reporting tools to create reporting solutions for your organization.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The feature I used and liked in SQL server is activity monitoring, SQL server profiling and other features that can help me to administer the server easily.
What do you dislike most about this product?
High license cost, SQL Server Standard Edition costs $7000 per processor. Other cheap options are available in the market like MYSQL. Also, SQL Server is a windows based solution, not supported on Unix.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Cost of product is on higher side and budget is not the constraint, its a must go.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Efficient Service
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anju g.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Utilities
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Aug 2022
A Solid Enterprises Database tool.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
-Multi-language support, BLOB information storage capacity. -Inbuilt query manufacturer and perspectives capability with AI-empowered features. -Advancement utilizing SSMS -Features for RDBMS.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
We as of now using Microsoft SQL Server as our database application for our applications. We are utilizing the Microsoft SQL Server jobs, Analysis administrations, cubes, and numerous different highlights to assist with giving front end information answers for our clients. It has a well-disposed administration interface for the information base administrators. It unified our information management. we had the option to bunch every one of our databases in a solitary director and this could make a failover group among servers and keep the database excess on the servers.
What do you dislike most about this product?
High memory utilization and it are not that much sufficient to file include. Costly contrasted with its rivals. Bug tracking is likewise precarious; should be improved and simplified. The settings and adjustments can be worked on somewhat more.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Microsoft SQL Server is appropriate when the organization needs to have high command over their information from creating, figuring out how to keep up with. It will give you the security and effectiveness that your organization needs while dealing with its database and keeping them safe and performing great. Information should be exceptionally organized and connected with one another. It very well may be coordinated with a ton of systems. As it is the most involved database in the market you can track down all the important data and how to make it functions in a superior manner.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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