MS SharePoint / SQL is easy to set up, with a robust feature set
February 28, 2020
MS SharePoint / SQL is easy to set up, with a robust feature set
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with MS SharePoint / SQL
We use Microsoft SQL Server as a database backend for many different applications in our company. It is used for SAP, cash management applications, file transfer software, Symantec antivirus, and employee data storage. We find it to be easy to set up and maintain and easy to grow if needed. Once you set up your maintenance plan on it, you can leave it alone for years without intervention if it's set up correctly.
- Easy to install
- Great front end to look at and manipulate data
- More widely used than other databases so more support available when needed
- Licensing can be confusing
- Like Windows, you have to upgrade/migrate to newer versions over time as older ones become unsupported
- PostgreSQL and DB2
We use MS SQL more just because of how widely it's used and how popular it is. It's easier to install, maintain, and support compared to the other ones we've tried.