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Microsoft SQL Server

Overview

What is Microsoft SQL Server?

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database.

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Recent Reviews

Solid and Reliable.

10 out of 10
August 28, 2023
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We use MSSQL Server along with SSIS and SSRS as it's a very competent software suite and very stable. It integrates well with other …
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Microsoft SQL Server Review

9 out of 10
October 28, 2022
I am a computer engineer. I have been working as a software developer for about 7 years. I've been using Microsoft SQL Server since I was …
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SQL Server Review

8 out of 10
June 19, 2021
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We use MS SQL Server as our main database to store customer data. We have a monolith web application that is using a single MS SQL Server …
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MS SQL Server

8 out of 10
May 25, 2021
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For the uninitiated it is first important to point out that many programs use a Database at the back-end and the end-user will be totally …
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Pricing

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Subscription

$1,418.00

Cloud
Per License

Enterprise

$13,748.00

Cloud
Per License

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

An Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server's Statistics

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Introduction to Transact SQL (T-SQL) using Microsoft SQL Server

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Product Details

What is Microsoft SQL Server?

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Microsoft SQL Server Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.9.

The most common users of Microsoft SQL Server are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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John Glenn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 in our environment for all of our .NET applications. We have also found that most any enterprise level software will provide a means to store their database within SQL Server. With one database server for all of our applications it is very easy to backup and create disaster recovery points for the future.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SQL Server is the backbone for all of our mission critical applications, from CPQ to ERP to CRM. All of our business decisions are based on data contained within SQL Server. This product is extremely stable and efficient and it just runs. For an SMB, there this is the only real option for mission critical data.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are currently using Microsoft SQL Server across many different departments within our organization to integrate with a number of applications. Our development team uses it to integrate with various .NET applications and our data team uses it in all aspects of our department. We are able to address pretty much all of our data storage, reporting, ETL (extract, transform, and load) processing, data analysis, and other business intelligence needs.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SQL Server is being used across the entire organization in my previous company, along with Oracle. It's being used for our POS system, our website, and dozens of internal applications. It's very easy to install and configure so we can rapidly deploy it for new applications. It can also be considerably cheaper than Oracle.
Filip Grasheski | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MS SQL is used as a database(s) for the Symantec Management Platform. This basically means that it's used across the whole company as it holds data for all the supported machines. Moreover, the data for the DBs is used for reporting using MS SQL BI tools.
February 24, 2016

MS SQL review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MS SQL Server is being used for internal business applications for high end database needs. It is also being used for internal IT tools and reporting. When a database is required and multiple options are available (i.e. Oracle, MySQL, etc.), Microsoft SQL Server is the preferred database especially for applications that run on MS Windows servers.
Marco Lostaunau | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use microsoft sql server Management Studio and it's being used across the whole organization. It comes with the Microsoft security which makes it very reliable. We have a large QA team and microsoft sql server Management Studio allows us to copy and recreate servers as local servers very easily. This creates a "playground" in which QA and developers can test and create new features without affecting the production environment.
Luca Campanelli | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use SQL Server for 7 years.
I currently work in the Database Administrators department, we mainly use SQL every day. We use SQL for various needs, some examples: the management of corporate databases, for ETL processes (extract, transform, load) for data warehousing, data historicizing, reporting, OLAP cubes, dashboards, maintenance plans, monitoring and alert, the management of integration services packages and more.
Bill Starling | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SQL Server is used throughout the organization in differing capacities. Research and Development uses it to develop new software and to fix previously coded bugs or issues. Our software communicates with a SQL server database that has almost 1000 tables with varying relationships and data amount. Support uses SQL to log customer/client issues and to see what clients have downloaded what products and who the contacts are that are viewing our released software from the Salesforce website which communicates with a local SQL database we have on site. Our Professional services team will configure databases in SQL server at client sites to help set up a new client or to solve issues that the client is encountering.
January 08, 2016

Good database engine

Alexander Goryainov | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft SQL Server is being used on different projects for different customers. I had a chance to use this software several times and it left a very good impression. Microsoft SQL Server has a good set of tools for developers, its T-SQL language is convenient. Microsoft SQL Server can be used both by medium and large size enterprise applications and is pretty easy to scale out using techniques like replication, clustering etc.
January 06, 2016

SQL Server Just Works

Grant Fritchey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SQL Server is our relational and structured storage tool of choice. We use it to manage multiple resources within the organization from sales data to telemetry data on the software that we create to reporting and managing data for multiple departments. We also develop software in support of SQL Server that helps manage, maintain, develop and deploy SQL Server. SQL Server is a fundamental part of our business.
Steve Jones | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My current company is a software vendor, building tools that work with SQL Server. We use the product extensively as we integrate our software with SQL Server, and are often using the latest versions to provide value to our customers. However we also use SQL Server internally to back various applications, including our public sites such as www.sqlservercentral.com. Almost every department in our company uses SQL Server in some sense, and we find that it is very easy to develop both our software and internal applications on the SQL Server platform. The tight integration with .NET tools and our staff expertise means that we can quickly and easily work on the platform. The extent of our use of the comprehensive platform is limited. We primarily use it as a relational database, with some of the SSIS/SSAS features used by various departments. Our sales and marketing groups certainly do like the SSAS cubes as they get quick information on large amounts of aggregated data.
Marko Večko | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using MS SQL Server to manage the database of our product. We have some inquiries - that we need in our software implemented as stored procedures on the server, but the core of our business logic is done through LINQ to SQL in the "engine" part of our solution. It is used only by the programming team.
John Orate | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use SQL Server for numerous purposes - Line of Business applications, ERP, Sharepoint, Reporting, and Analytics. It is tightly integrated with other systems used throughout the worldwide organization utilizing various tools to provide that integration (Integration Services, linked servers, etc.)
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