The availability of support on the internet is just amazing. It works well for small sized to big sized companies and the security of these databases is top notch.

Great product, easy to use, and options for the high availability is one of the greatest.

The GUI that comes with to manage, administer and tune databases is probably the best there is. The performance tracking, monitoring and analysis features are probably the best in the field.

SQL server has helped me save time and keeps me updated and organized. It's easy to use and worth every penny.

It is fast and friendly server which provided great reporting and integration services. It have a large community which helps in resolving the doubt if stuck with the usage of some feature.

If you are not familiar with the inner workings of SQL you may get stuck trying to figure out performance problems.

Ability to create databases easily and manage them. Can also integrate easily with other products like tableau.

Microsoft SQL Server provides excellent reliability and flexibility to any business requiring strong database access.

The SQL server always comes with other tools like  query analyzer, task schedulers, great value. Performance and security is outstanding.

Mistakes could crash the whole database - system.

Is amazingly fast, has the best enterprise level tooling. Entity framework is an amazing ORM to use on top of SQL Server.

We use this server for host our applications. Customer support is awesome.

For example if you miss a comma while listing out the fields you are querying for you can get a strange error rather than a syntax error.

It's very optimized and stable and due to it being free - it's an amazing choice for small and medium enterprises.

SQL Server is fundamental for important and critical software such as our CRM platform. It is reliable, stable and quite easy to use.

Best thing about SQL Server is that it is suitable  for both small as well as enterprise sized clients. Job tool is also really amazing to schedule tasks.

Very good and easy to use and learn for new learners and students. Getting better and better with new versions.

It has great integration capability with other Microsoft BI Space like SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, Azure and Power BI. It can handle huge datasets.

Even if we have more than one instance with different versions. System getting struck as these are suck lot of memory.

The only problem with this software is that it is not very user-friendly as the software template it has is very basic.

It is also worth mentioning that it is a very robust DBMS and that Microsoft's support is very good.

The most irritating thing is when I try to restore a backup of newer version (2014) to older version (2008), it gives compatibility error.

Performance is on par with other BI tools. The best thing is a lot of resources are available over the internet and good user support community.

Excellent product and happy with the performance and improvements with upgrades.

But SQL Server is really good and compare to an Oracle, you can get a lot for the price. I have use it with Azure and it's amazing.

It may get tedious to debug errors if you are trying something extraordinary. You may not understand the error which could cause this problem.

It's an excellent software and using it is a delight. It offers a lot withou having to spend a bunch of money.

But its recent portability to Linux as well as its ability to be integrated with many programming languages makes it also a better choice.

It is a good RDBMS by microsoft it provide a good stability and has all the required features which are required for todays world.

It has a huge community to give you support which is great advantage. Has a good performance and simple to install/manage.

I've been working with sql server for about 2 years now with my company. I really enjoy working with it and would recommend to a reliable and database solution.

It was a very fun job to implement it and using it is even better. Runs well, built-in tools are useful and plenty.

The ease of setup and the tight integration with other Microsoft tools. The best part is the availability of talent; both internally and external consultants.

It is perfect in any way you look at it: easy to use, intuitive, robust and secure.

This is a great storage tool for storing large amounts of data and access the tables you need with the data you want. It is easy to collaborate and share information while still secure.

SQL Server both on premise and online continues to grow in depth and breadth. I think the pricing is very good for the scalability and amazing breadth of the product.

Overall, it is good and best for Large size of projects which has more support. So any impediments can solve easily.

It can be confusing to understand the less than simplistic queries. There is a lot of functionality that you can get lost and have errors.

We discovered Solver to be very responsive as a seller, with a real dedication to competence. Fast ramp up time in both implementation of the tool and training of new users.

Excel, easy to manipulate, helpful in more ways then just financial reporting, fun to create and build.

If you need a really good corporate performance management solution that will have everything from budgeting to forecasting.

Its not easy to troubleshoot problems. We have lost functionality after upgrading.

Solver has the solution our clients use to create effective and helpful reports saving their organizations not only time but money. We hear how over and over the ease of use.

Ease of use, scheduling of daily reports, quick daily data refresh, and excellent customer service.

Solver has an outstanding Support team to help client get up and running.

Some growing pains, but overall the best solution to streamline our reporting and budgeting.

It is very easy to integrate with the software. Also you can link multiple data sources in bi360 datawarehouse.

My favorite feature of this product is that I can now query data like a pro. I can create reports on the spot which is impressive to all users.

So imagine my surprise when I struggled helplessly for hours trying to figure out the Excel version of the tool. It is by no means intuitive.

Such a great program that will save you a ton of time.

It integrated well with our ERP system. Once the financial statements we created were finalized, it was easy to run them monthly and save a lot of time producing our monthly financial statements.

My experience has been great. Being able to utilize the workshops was a great opportunity to assist in creating reports.

Very user friendly and has many useful  features. We have been very happy in moving to this product.

The ease of deployment and training for all users. Love the fact that data warehouse can be used with multiple databases.

Easy to use, friendly installation, automated upgrade, great interface feature.

Since the product is Microsoft based, the user can easily familiarize with the layout of the product. Ability to function as a fully integrated suite.

Solver has been unable to replicate the issue for us, which is frustrating. We have lost a bit of trust in our planning process.

Daily run errors, reports not available due to running and always patches to be uploaded to deal with errors.

Powerful reporting with heavy Excel focus - a true BI tool. Love the new BI360 Cloud as this should be a key differentiator for cloud focused clients.

We had a very poor experience in initial scoping and planning before our implementation.

Very easy functionality and ease of use to describe and show clients. Linking with excel is fun and easy for everyone to use no matter what the person's background.

It's easy to format and give it the look I want. I also love the ability to schedule my reports to run when I want them to run.

User friendly and ease in navigation. Reports customization is a great tool when it comes to reporting.

Compared to what Bluebeam does, I'm very disappointed. Also, its very error prone an has not been vetted.

As a vendor, we have found Solver to be very responsive, with a genuine commitment to excellence. We like that the warehouse comes with out of the box intelligence around financial reporting.

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Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) Edition is a database management and BI software solution designed for companies of all sizes. The system offers relational database management, which allows users to access enterprise data using structured query language. The solution allows users to perform complex analysis on the database. The product also features a BI Semantic model that allows users to extract and analyze data from heterogeneous sources.


Microsoft SQL Server features "in-memory analytics," which allows users to perform queries and analytics while the data is in the RAM, thereby improving the speed of access. The software has scalable and corporate reporting features that help management to make decisions that are more informed. Organizations can improve the data quality by using the organizational knowledge and third-party reference data providers to profile, clean and match the data.


The IT department can manage data through a BI Semantic Model, which provides a consistent view across multiple data sources.



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Full Text Search

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Server Monitoring

Data Quality Control

Compliance Management

Performance Metrics

Data Cleansing

Data Connectors

Benchmarking

Ad hoc Query

Visual Analytics

Reporting & Statistics

Predictive Analytics

Data Visualization

Performance Analysis

Dashboard

Data Transformation

Data Profiling

Reporting/Analytics

Contact Database

Ad hoc Analysis

Data Migration

Backup and Recovery

Data Mapping

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SQL Server offers a 180-day free trial for new users, after which the software is available across various pricing tiers
Enterprise - $13748
Standard (per core) - $3586
Standard (server) - $899
Standard (CAL) - $209
Developer – Available to users for free
Express – Available to users for free


Additional cost for subscriptions and add-ons include - 
SQL Server Enterprise - $5434/year
SQL Server Standard - $1418/year
Big data node cores - $400/year

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Solver is a hybrid corporate performance management (CPM) solution based on the Microsoft platform. It caters to businesses of all sizes across various industry verticals. Key features include reporting, budgeting, dashboards and data warehousing. It can be deployed either in the cloud or on-premise.


Solver comes with pre-built integrations to a number of ERPs including Microsoft Dynamics 365, GP, AX, NAV, SL, Acumatica, Sage Intacct and more. It offers both real-time and data warehouse-based reporting, as well as both multi-company and multi-currency reporting.


Support is offered via phone, email and online tutorials.



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