What are the key database products made by the vendor OR the key database platforms available under the database category.

Each group has been assigned either a vendor who produces several database platforms or a class of database platforms. For this assignment, you are going to do a detailed technical and business evaluation of the assigned vendor and/or database class. Group 1- Microsoft Databases
Each group must answer the following questions. The report is a DETAILED, RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT. This is not an outline, excel spreadsheet, or a one-two page project. This will require a significant level of effort and time. You are building a business use as to WHY a company would want to use this database technology solution or vendor technology. QUESTIONS What are the key database products made by the vendor OR the key database platforms available under the database category.
If a vendor, who are the competitors to the platform? If a database technology class, who is the clear leader and why?
Provide a short history of each key database platform you’ve described
What industries are these database vendors tools or database technology platforms used in? Is the market increasing or decreasing for the technology vendor/class?
What are the key features for each of these database platforms?
What are differentiators compared to other database platforms in its like-kind class?
Are these databases used on-premise only? Cloud-based only? Mainframe only? Explain the infrastructure use case for each of these databases that you are discussing.
Provide three (3) business uses for why a customer/client would want to use your vendors/class of database technology in their environment.
What are key technical skills a data administrator or database administrator would require if they use this platform?
As you can tell, this is about a 15-20 Page Paper! Your group will have a LOT OF RESEARCH. You MUST use APA citations throughout this paper.