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Innovate faster on-premises
Intelligence and security are built into Microsoft SQL Server 2017. You get extras without extra cost, along with best-in-class performance and flexibility for your on-premises needs.
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Accelerate your move to the cloud
Take advantage of the efficiency and agility of the cloud by easily migrating to the cloud without changing code. Unlock insights and make predictions faster with Azure.
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Build intelligent apps
Develop using the technology of your choice, including open source, backed by Microsoft's innovations. Easily integrate data into your apps and use a rich set of cognitive services to build human-like intelligence across any scale of data.
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Gain transformative insights
AI is native to the data platform—you can unlock insights faster from all your data, on-premises and in the cloud. Combine your unique enterprise data and the world's data to build an intelligence-driven organization.
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Fast and agile
Work with a flexible data platform that gives you a consistent experience across platforms and gets your innovations to market faster—you can build your apps and then deploy anywhere.
Built-in intelligence
The Microsoft data platform brings AI to your data so you gain deep knowledge about your business and customers like never before. Only Microsoft brings machine learning to database engines and to the edge, for faster predictions and better security.
Enterprise-proven
Bring your business to scale while trusting that your security, performance, and availability needs are covered—with an industry-leading total cost of ownership.
The numbers speak for themselves
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics (DMSA)
