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90 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
95 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
- Product Experience:
- 95%
- Negotiation and Contract:
- 82%
- Conflict Resolution:
- 93%
- Strategy & Innovation:
- 92%
- Service Experience:
- 95%
Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.
+92 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews

Himanshu S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2024
Easy to use with advanced security features.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
The main difference between SQL Server and other similar products is that the SQL Server provided us with lots of security-related features and also a very friendly UI.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of the SQL server is that it is capable of log transcription with minimal risk factors compared to other similar products, and the SQL server also provides the SQL agent that is enough for observation of the data.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The most disliked thing is that sometimes it shows the server is busy and processes very slowly.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I don't have any recommendations.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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Thong K.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2024
Powerful and reliable enterprise database
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
It is feature rich has unparalleled integration with the Microsoft ecosystem, including Windows Server as the underlying platform and Visual Studio for development and enhancement of integrations and customized solutions.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Development of data solutions and integrations are very easy with SSIS and made even easier when used with tools such as Visual Studio. There are a number of connectors and integration options available so finding something that works for your needs is simple. SQL Server is very mature so has support for most of anyone's data needs, and if there isn't something in the base product, support is so ubiquitous that there is probably a third-party solution available.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The licensing is getting more and more expensive as time goes one and can be very confusing. Managing and supporting high availability clusters can be overly complex.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you need an established database management system that is mature, reliable, and well supported, then you can't go wrong with SQL Server, even if you are not in the Windows ecosystem.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
Cons
- Less Friendly Negotiation
- Less Generous
- Less Efficient Service
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Arun kumar T.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Insurance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jul 2023
Stable tool for maintaining DBMS
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?
It has the access and integration to other Microsoft applications which is the biggest plus point for any user having MS SQL Server.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The installation process of this application is super easy. It can handle the large and complex data set.
What do you dislike most about this product?
From the cost perspective, it is slightly costly.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would ask them to try it.
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- Caring
- Respectful
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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