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Microsoft SQL Server is a proprietary relational database management system developed by Microsoft. The database uses Transact-SQL, or T-SQL, the Microsoft's implementation of SQL that adds a set of proprietary programming constructs. Microsoft SQL server are used by enterprise-scale companies such as JPMorgan Chase, Thermo Fisher Scientific and CDK Global for finance, manufacturing and business service applications. Microsoft SQL server is also released as a free version under the name Microsoft SQL Server Express.