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Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express on Windows Server 2019
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Reviews (4)
Ashu L.
Great for ETL, Report Generation and Data Reporting
Reviewed on Aug 11, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The best feature of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express, in my opinion, is its strong support for T-SQL, which makes it easier to write complex queries, joins, and stored procedures.
What do you dislike about the product?
One thing I don’t like about Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express is how slow it can be when fetching a large number of rows from a table. I also notice the same issue when I load data into a table. I use SQL scripts I created that include multiple validation checks; the validations themselves are quite simple and shouldn’t take much time, but the query still takes too long to return results. I don’t like this because it ends up wasting a lot of time.
Also, I can’t leave the screen unattended while a script is running, because it disconnects from the server when the screen is locked.
Also, I can’t leave the screen unattended while a script is running, because it disconnects from the server when the screen is locked.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We ran into a situation where we needed to update the data for one of our apps and have those changes reflected on the application’s front end. Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express lets us update and load that data from the backend without any issues, and all the relevant tables are being updated properly. Overall, it’s been beneficial for us in getting the updates through smoothly.
pbazan
after creation, not possible to connect to ... documentation none
Reviewed on Apr 24, 2022
Review from a verified AWS customer
everything went smooth to the point when I wanted to login through rdp.
no password given, cannot get it through 'get windows password' (no password available as it's a custom ami, message says). Documentation almost non existent. The only way to reset the password is the recover lost password procedure, OMG!
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Computer Software
Best to connect, communicate and access with database
Reviewed on Oct 09, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It is a powerful tool for managing and storing relational database. It is a Powerful data management tool for desktop and web applications. In an IT industry, must used tool as without DB, nothing is possible for developers to communicate with server. Easy to understand and use.
What do you dislike about the product?
Partitioning does not provide as much options as oracle.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For my daily needs to develop my software and communicate with DB and store my data.
Reza M.
Using Microsoft SQL Server as a main Database management system
Reviewed on Oct 06, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The free and light version of the SQL server provides many of the features of the paid, full versions of the Microsoft SQL Server database management system.
What do you dislike about the product?
It has technical restrictions that make it unsuitable for some large-scale deployments.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I utilized it in Azure by installing it on an Azure virtual machine and developed small server-driven applications.