That's why we're getting SQL Server 2017 approximately 16 months after the release of SQL Server 2016, and we're getting major new functionality like Linux, Python, graph processing, and a slew of ...

Microsoft also announced the public preview of the new open-source Python driver for SQL Server, which is a fully open-source Python solution for connecting to SQL Server.

Community Technology Preview 2 (CTP2) of SQL Server 2017, which Microsoft is labeling as "production-quality," is available today and includes the Python integration.