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application server

An application server is a server program in a computer in a distributed network that provides the business logic for an application program.

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Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is an integrated environment to manage a SQL Server infrastructure.

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Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system, or RDBMS, that supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytics applications in corporate IT environments

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