DatabasesBackendAround since 1989
Microsoft SQL Server
Also written as SQL Server, MSSQL, MS SQL
Microsoft's relational database, the default partner for .NET applications and common across enterprises. Its programming language is T-SQL; SSIS and SSRS are its data-integration and reporting tools.
Think of it like
The database that comes in the same toolbox as the rest of Microsoft's enterprise kit.
Junior or senior?
Standard on .NET and Microsoft-shop resumes. Experience transfers well to PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Ask them
“What did you do to find and fix a slow query in SQL Server?”