Back in 2016, when Microsoft announced that SQL Server would soon run on Linux, the news came as a major surprise to users and pundits alike. Over the course of the last year, Microsoft’s ...

SQL Server on Linux is the vNext version, which is set for general availability in 2017. Pricing and licensing will be the same as on Windows, and the same range of editions, from the free Express ...

SQL Server 2025 preview debuts with Ubuntu 24.04 support and TLS 1.3 encryption for stronger security and Linux flexibility.

When Wim Coekaerts, Microsoft's vice president for open source, took the stage at LinuxCon 2016 in Toronto last summer, he came not as an adversary, but as a longtime Linux enthusiast promising to ...

Technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server, tools such as SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) etc. - MicrosoftDocs/sql-docs ...

Use PowerShell on Windows to manage SQL Server on Linux [!INCLUDE SQL Server - Linux] This article introduces SQL Server PowerShell and walks you through a couple of examples on how to use it with SQL ...

The worldwide database market grew 8 percent last year to $13.8 billion, with Linux and Microsoft SQL Server seeing the strongest momentum, according to new Gartner research.

Microsoft this week noted that its SQL Server 2022 public preview, made available late last month, can now be tried on some Linux distros.

Microsoft has ported its SQL Server software to Linux and has promised to release it in full by next year. From today, the Windows giant, which once likened Linux to cancer, will show off to a lucky ...

Microsoft ports SQL Server to Linux In a short blog by Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise Group, Microsoft, he has announced plans to take Microsoft’s premium database ...