Collection of data is collectively known as database. A computer database consists of data values contained in computer medium such as hard disk. A client/server database is stored in a machine referred as server which caters to the several machines namely “client-machines”.

Server Database Systems

Server based database systems are designed in order to run on a centralized server, so that multiple users can access the same data at the same time. It is much more robust and scalable than a desktop database management system like Microsoft Access

SQL Server incorporates a large number of application based tools to help the user to administer the database and various programming related tasks. Even If we can use SQL Server as desktop database system, it is most commonly used as server database system.

Microsoft SQL Server is a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) designed to run on platforms ranging from laptops to large multiprocessor servers. SQL Server is generally used as the backend system for websites and corporate CRMs and can support the thousands of concurrent users.

Microsoft SQL Server is a computer application generally used to create desktop, enterprise, and web-based database applications. The core objective of this software is used to create computer databases for the Microsoft Windows family of server operating systems. It provides an environment used to generate databases those can be accessible from workstations, the Internet, or other media like personal digital assistant (PDA).

The latest one from Microsoft stable namely, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express is a powerful and reliable data base management system which is not only caters to the as the data storage solution for lightweight websites but also manages desktop applications.