A SQL Server is the ultimate database - no mater how big your application, an SQL Server will be able to handle your business processes. T-Enterprise can design your business applications to be developed using the data stored by Microsoft SQL Server.

More powerful, and more complex, is Microsoft's SQL Server - geared towards larger multi-users systems and high volumes of data. And sitting between the two is the Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE).

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 now includes the common language runtime (CLR) component for Microsoft .NET. Applications developed with .NET languages such as Visual Basic can implement stored procedures and other functions.

Older versions of Microsoft development tools typically use APIs to access Microsoft SQL Server functionality. Rapid application development tools such as eDeveloper by Magic Software Enterprises incorporate native database gateways for high speed database access and automatic table drill-down for the creation of quick prototype applications for viewing, editing and adding data to any table in the database.