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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews in September 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons
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Microsoft SQL Server is a versatile and robust database management system that excels in handling complex data structures. Users appreciate its seamless integration with other Microsoft products like Azure, allowing for a streamlined experience. The tool's exceptional performance, combined with reliable ACID properties, ensures efficient data management even for ...Read more
Microsoft SQL Server pros and cons
Strong performance handling large and complex databases efficiently without downtime.
Easy integration with other Microsoft tools and services.
User-friendly installation and interface for smooth setup even for non-technical users.
Exceptional performance executing complex queries and high concurrent transactions.
Licensing costs can be on the higher side.
Limited compatibility with non-Microsoft platforms, making it less efficient with other operating systems like Linux.
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Anonymous
04/14/19
User Friendly
What do you like best? It is very easy to restart the SQL services using windows services under control panel.There is no confusion. What do you dislike? Sometimes it may stuck when i restart the sql server service,It difficult to find a reason of that. Recommendations to others considering the product Good product What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Development applications and automation tasks / create custom DB s
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Anonymous
04/12/19
Very ease to use, great backbone
What do you like best? I absolutely LOVE SQL Server. It is my favorite software to use because the possibilities are endless. Very ease to use, if you have knowledge about servers and sql. What do you dislike? The program it is a little bit slow some time. Recommendations to others considering the product Make some courses to get more knowledge about the software, so you will have a better experience. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you ...
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Anonymous
04/11/19
Good as usual
What do you like best? It's been there forever, so the interface is very familiar. Speed keeps improving. What do you dislike? Would like to get functionality to compile a full data dictionary Recommendations to others considering the product Configurable partial ERDs would be nice. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Helps me reverse engineer some of the complex features in our MSFT product.
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Anonymous
04/11/19
Microsoft SQL
What do you like best? It is very powerful and you can make queries to obtain data from different tables at the same time, it also allows you to handle high data volumes, has universal Sql sentences, the creation of views is quite easy What do you dislike? It requires a lot of processing and memory resources, that is, it requires a very robust server for its execution and the licensing costs are high Recommendations to others considering the product in a first investment buy licensing ...
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Anonymous
04/11/19
Microsoft Sql Server Review
What do you like best? I like most the SQL query editor which supports intellisense and provides support of query optimizer and inbuilt sql library. Help(F1 keyboard provides details of selected word. Debugging functionality is wonderful if you have local setup of Microsoft SQL server. Works as back-end for multiple frameworks and programming languages. MS Sql server provides multiple solid tools like SQL Profiler and resource manager. Easy to integrate third party plug ins. What do you ...
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Anonymous
04/11/19
MS SQL - Good to have
What do you like best? Microsoft sql is a good database, I have tried it in my earlier days. It fulfills all the requirements for a data base management system What do you dislike? I have tried lots of feature from microsoft sql but some functions it has which are not aligned with the other open source database systems Recommendations to others considering the product Its good to try this database but there are similar systems available for free What business problems are you solving ...
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Anonymous
04/11/19
Sql, Your data always safe
What do you like best? I like very much to be able to manage the SQL database because it has a very good flexibility, it is one of the most secure database, it still has an excellent security tool, Baseline Security Analyze that is very good in security. What do you dislike? some of the problems I noticed in sql, it was connection errors, sometimes it does not connect the database, and also problems with some performance problems, this problem also sometimes happens, I think it should ...
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Anonymous
04/10/19
My Experience Summary with microsoft sql
What do you like best? Microsoft Sql query syntaxes are easy to learn, its structure is well designed like tables,stored procedures,and functions.Joins concepts is one of the most useful in microsoft sql.Triggers are needful concept in sql server, Its very well use full for real time applications.Views reduce the execution time. What do you dislike? Rollback future is not available in sql server when compare to other db's.ssms not allowed to executes the big size script files in query ...
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Anonymous
04/09/19
Using SQL server for scalable DB management
What do you like best? Sql server is very good DBMS. It is very much user friendly. The SQL services like SSIS and SSRS etc enhance SQL server functionality. What do you dislike? The license of SQL server is a little bit costly. Recommendations to others considering the product Good DBMS. Must use. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Microsoft SQL server is used by our organization for the back end of various applications. SSRS is ...
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Anonymous
04/09/19
Microsft SQL
What do you like best? 1. It is very easy to store and manipulate data. 2. It provides various types of data for analysis. 3. Supports SSIS and SSRS. What do you dislike? 1. Setup takes more time. 2. Sometimes slows down. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Used Ms Sql mainly for data analysis and have done data manipulation, Extraction, Transform and Load. It helps in doing data analysis because of its capacity to store ...
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