COMPARISON OF DATABASES MICROSOFT SQL SERVER vs MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO SQL Server and Visual FoxPro are two databases presently support by Microsoft. SQL Server was developed by Microsoft to be it High End Database for the Window’s environment while Visual FoxPro was purchased by Microsoft and was originally designed for the DOS operating system. SQL Server is a robust all-purpose database that can continue to expand as your company grows. More users can be added by upgrading the hardware with recent benchmark test supporting up to 4,600 users. It allows for maximum security. Your data is protected from unauthorized access by integrating network security with server security. Since there is user level security, users can have restricted access to the data records thus protecting them from modification or retrieval by specifying user-level access privilege. In addition, with the data stored on a separate server, the server acts as a gateway that limits unauthorized access.