SQL Server acts as the backbone for many of the Microsoft products within the stack and also allows us to customise and integrate solutions with greater ease. It's a comprehensive database server and information platform that really does provide us with everything we need to deliver.
Editions
The SQL software range is available in many feature editions, each one geared towards serving different solution needs.
From greater processing and mass scale transactions, through to enhanced business intelligence (BI) capabilities - each is fit for purpose and offers great cost of ownership.
Read more about the recently released SQL Server 2012 (codename Denali), which boasts even more product features.
Business Intelligence
SQL Server grants users the ability to create and run their own reports for analysis and sharing so that they can collaborate with their colleagues.
Lots of data can be analysed at speed and users are provided with self-service reporting solutions in Microsoft Sharepoint Server. With all of this accelerated report creation and visualisation, SQL offers feature rich, powerful OLAP and data mining capabilities.
Performance and Availability
SQL provides high performance and availability by allowing multi transactions, maximum memory limits, maximising instance usage, table partitioning and online indexing - to name but a few key product features.
With proven management tools, SQL Server gives users the ability to track and monitor their performance visually at a glance, while also ensuring that there is consistency across servers with managed services.
