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Over the years, SQL Server has lost mind share and market share to open source Linux-compatible databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL, despite the fact that Microsoft makes available SQL Server ...
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 ...
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.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or RHEL, will be a reference platform for SQL Server 2017, which has been fully tested for performance, security and reliability.
SQL Server 2025 preview debuts with Ubuntu 24.04 support and TLS 1.3 encryption for stronger security and Linux flexibility.
Microsoft has announced that it is bringing its popular SQL Server database software to Linux platforms for the first time, with its initial release scheduled for some time next year. In the world ...
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 ...
Microsoft can now hold out the promise to anyone who migrates: in a short time, you will be able to run SQL Server on Linux too. And there is much to be gained in terms of money.
Microsoft this week announced that SQL Server 2016 database system will be landing on Linux. "This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well ...