Databases

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytic applications in coorporate IT environments.

Like other RDBMS software, Microsoft SQL Server is built on top of SQL, a standardized programming language that database administrators (DBAs) and other IT professionals use to manage databases and query the data they contain.

SQL Server Features:

• Microsoft SQL Server comes with many useful tools that will speed up database design, development, troubleshooting, and maintenance
• One of the primary purposes of Microsoft SQL Server is ensuring the security of your database
• Unlike other database management software, the installation and configuration of Microsoft SQL Server are easier.
• With Microsoft SQL Server, you don’t have to have another data storage from the same database if you’re using a different device. This allows you to manage data easily and efficiently with minimal troubleshooting and maintenance.
• MS SQL server is considered one of the most secure database servers with complex encryption algorithms making it virtually impossible to crack the security layers enforced by the user. MS SQL server is not an open-source database server which reduces the risk of attacks on the database server.
• MS SQL server is fully aware of the importance of your data. Hence MS SQL Server contains many sophisticated features that allow you to recover and restore the data which has been lost or damaged.

SQL Server also includes an assortment of add-on services. While these are not essential for the operation of the database system, they provide value added services on top of the core database management system.