Microsoft officials said SQL Server Next on Linux and SQL Server Next on Windows are based on a single code base. "There are some features that have platform specific characteristics.

Offering it on Linux will remove the one obstacle among those shops considering a SQL database server seeking an alternative to Oracle and IBM, but unwilling or unable to choose a Windows-based RDBMS.

As we build upon our deep hybrid cloud partnership, spanning not only Linux, but also middleware, and PaaS, we’re excited to now extend that collaboration to SQL Server on Red Hat Enterprise ...

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 ...

SQL Server for Linux should reach general availability later this year. Even today, a couple of companies are already using it in production, and the Linux version now runs as fast as the Windows ...

Microsoft’s SQL Server is currently available as a preview with only core relational database capabilities and a full launch planned for mid-2017 Microsoft has announced that it is bringing its ...

Microsoft's plan is to make SQL Server generally available on Linux by mid-2017, said Scott Guthrie, head of Microsoft's Cloud & Enterprise business, in a blog post announcing the news.

Support for the Kerberos network authentication protocol; Support for SSL encryption and authentication; Support for client-side UTF-8 character encoding; BCP utility for bulk-copying data between an ...

Microsoft announced that an edition of its SQL Server software for Linux will arrive in mid-2017. A private preview release with "core relational database capabilities" is available for testing now.

The Linux version of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 v.Next is a viable option for customers who want to deploy the RDBMS on an open source platform, but the early previews lack some features of the ...