Re: Dataverse vs. SQL Server / MySQL
Hi @Chris1969,
@EricRegnier wrote a short blog post that does a great job summarizing Dataverse and how it's much more than just a database. So without repeating everything that Eric talks about, I'll just summarize a few key points :
- You don't need a full time developer to create apps when using Dataverse.
- Faster development time, less technical skills needed to develop/support your app = Lower TCO (total cost of ownership)
- SQL Server provides highest degree of control and can support very complex N:N relationships and very denormalized data, but it comes at a high cost. Dataverse can't do this very easily, but I'd argue most data models don't require this degree of complexity.
- SQL is just a relational database. Dataverse is much much more.
Have a review of the blog post below.
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/News-Announcements/Dataverse-is-not-a-database/ba-p/756215
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