SQL Server is a huge product and there are few products which I personally use to improve my productivity.
Pluralsight
Pluralsight is a group of serious developers. They are also committed to creating the best training available. This mix of training for developers, by developers is what rings true to their customers. They call it hardcore developer training. You’ll know it as superior training that is relevant and pushes all the latest technologies.
NuoDB
NuoDB is a NewSQL cloud database. It looks and behaves like a traditional SQL database from the outside but under the covers it’s a revolutionary database solution. It is a new class of database for a new class of data center.
Devart SQL Server Tools
Devart is a vendor of database development and management software. Company’s tools support SQL Server and other popular databases. Along with a database oriented software Devart offers productivity tools for Visual Studio developers.
MelissaData
This premier collection of Melissa Data’s contact verification and enrichment tools provide a wide range of data transformation, cleansing and matching functionality within SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) – facilitating the success of data integration, ETL, BI, MDM and data governance initiatives.
Idera
Idera provides tools for Microsoft SQL Server, SharePoint and PowerShell management and administration. Our products provide solutions for performance monitoring, backup and recovery, security and auditing and PowerShell scripting.
Red-Gate
Red Gate Software is a software company based in Cambridge, UK. It primarily provides tools for database developers and administrators.
ManageEngine
ManageEngine SQLDBManager Plus is a Microsoft SQL Server availability and performance monitoring software that helps DBAs ensure high availability and performance for their critical database servers. It provides a holistic view of production databases in place and helps database administrators (DBAs) track database usage, help in capacity planning and troubleshooting any performance related issues, ensuring 24×7 uptime.
Embarcadero
Embarcadero is committed to providing the industry’s broadest and deepest set of software tools for developers, DBAs, and architects. Embarcadero’s heterogeneous tools enable customers to design, build, and run their databases and applications in the environments they choose, free from the constraints, costs, and learning curves associated with multiple platform-specific tools.
SQL Backup and FTP
SQLBackupAndFTP creates MS SQL Server database backups Zips, Encrypts and sends backups to a folder, FTP, Dropbox, Google Drive and Amazon S3. Runs on a flexible Schedule
Sends e-mail confirmations makes full, differential or transaction log backups, runs custom scripts, backups file folders, allows to view the results on the web and more. Available in free and paid versions.
