# Microsoft SQL Server | | **Microsoft SQL Server** is a proprietary relational database management system developed by Microsoft. As a database server, it is a software product with the primary function of storing and retrieving data as requested by other software applications—which may run either on the same computer or on another computer across a network. Microsoft markets at least a dozen different editions of Microsoft SQL Server, aimed at different audiences and for workloads ranging from small single-machine applications to large Internet-facing applications with many concurrent users. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Microsoft SQL Server](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SQL_Server) | | | url:: [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server) | - not open source - only Windows - free version is MS SQL Express ## [[Azure Data Studio]] runs on mac ## `sqlcmd` CLI tool [sqlcmd utility - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-utility?view=sql-server-ver16&tabs=go%2Cwindows&pivots=cs1-bash) Cross-platform - works on mac `brew install sqlcmd`