The SQL Server 2022 public preview may be able to run on other Linux distros right now, Microsoft's document acknowledged. However, there are support implications for doing so, it warned.

Because SQL Server’s needs always went beyond what Windows and Windows Server were able to offer, especially with regard to memory management, the team had already built many of the standard OS ...

Many organizations are building their new applications on Linux rather than the Windows operating system for reasons of security, performance, and manageability. In addition, they are now able to take ...

Currently, SQL Server for Linux offers only command-line-based management. The graphical tools run on Windows only at the moment, though they can be used to manage the database running on both ...

Red Hat and SUSE already have built-in management tools available in their enterprise server editions. No matter how you choose to deploy SQL Server on Linux, you'll find it easy to start testing it ...

Currently, quite a few of SQL Server for Windows' features are not yet available on Linux, though Microsoft's plan is to "increasingly enable" these during monthly updates during the preview program.

Along with Linux support, SQL Server 2016 includes improvements to its “Hekaton” in-memory database engine introduced in the 2014 version. Microsoft said in its release notes that the storage format ...

This release is important for C/C++ developers using Linux operating systems and writing applications that tap Microsoft's newer relational database management systems. It provides sqlcmd and bcp ...

Pigs sure sprouted wings yesterday when Microsoft announced, without warning or preface, that it was doing the previously unthinkable: producing a version of SQL Server for Linux. This shakeup has ...