SQL Server data types are categorized into:
Numeric Types: INT, BIGINT, SMALLINT, TINYINT, DECIMAL, NUMERIC, FLOAT, REAL, MONEY
String Types: VARCHAR, NVARCHAR, CHAR, NCHAR, TEXT, NTEXT
Date/Time Types: DATE, TIME, DATETIME, DATETIME2, SMALLDATETIME, DATETIMEOFFSET
Binary Types: BINARY, VARBINARY, IMAGE
Other Types: BIT, UNIQUEIDENTIFIER, XML, JSON (SQL Server 2016+)
Example:
CREATE TABLE Employee (
ID INT,
Name NVARCHAR(50),
Salary DECIMAL(10,2),
HireDate DATETIME
);