Microsoft SQL

Editions of SQL Servers.

To widen the scope and increase the range of target audiences, Microsoft has released multiple editions of SQL servers to meet the overall requirements.

Following are some of the popular editions of Microsoft SQL Servers.

1. SQL Server Enterprise.
2. SQL Server Standard.
3. SQL Server Web.
4. SQL Server Developer.
5. SQL Server Express.

The last edition of Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Express, is free to use.

Now let us look at some of the uses of Microsoft SQL Server. 

Uses of SQL servers.

The Microsoft SQL servers can be used to create and maintain multiple databases. It also helps analyze the data with the help of Server analysis services. It generates reports through Server reporting services. It can also carry out extract, transform, load operations through Server integration services.

We saw that SQL servers use different services to carry out certain activities. Let us learn about the additional services of SQL servers.

Key components and services of SQL servers

Following are the critical components and services of SQL servers.

1. Database engine
2. SQL Server Agent
3. SQL Server Browser
4. SQL Server Full-text search
5. SQL Server VSS writer
6. SQL Server Analysis Services
7. SQL Server Reporting Services
8. SQL Server Integration Services.

Now let us see what instances of SQL servers are.

Instances of SQL Servers.

An instance of SQL Server means the installation of the SQL Server. If we install the SQL Server multiple times, it will generate various cases. There are two types of Instances.

1. Primary/Default instances
2. Named Instances

If we want to access the primary instance of the SQL Server, then we can do it by using the server name or by its IP address, and if we need to access the named instance, we need to append a backslash and instance name.

In this manner, we come to the end of this blog. Let us see some of the Frequently asked questions from this topic.

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FAQs

1. What are the other RDBMS software present in the market?
   The other popular RDBMS software is Oracle databases, MySQL.
    
2. What are the advantages of instances of SQL Server?
   Following are the advantages of instances of SQL Server:
   Installation of different versions on a single machine
   Cost reduction
   Reduction of temporary database problems
   Maintenance of standby server
    
3. Which edition of Microsoft SQL Server is free to use?
   The SQL Server Express edition, which can handle low-scale data, is entirely free to use.
   
   Let us now summarize what we learned in this article.

Key takeaways

Ninjas! In this article, we learned about Microsoft SQL Server. At first, we looked upon its history and other basic specifications. Then we saw different versions of it and how different arrangements were made available to particular operating systems. It was followed by further editions and the use of SQL Server.

We discussed that SQL Server uses different services and components to handle the data, so we learned about its key features, and at last, we discussed instances of SQL Server.

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