SQL Server 2017 went into general availability today. Today's release is a remarkable step in SQL Server's history, because it's not just a release for Windows. Today marks the general ...

SQL Server Integration Services has added a new scale-out feature and, as already discussed, can run on SQL Server for Linux. It also offers enhanced connectivity to Microsoft Dynamics AX Online ...

SQL Server on Linux is not a Linux executable in Linux's ELF format. It's a Windows executable, in Windows' PE format. You could in principle take it and run it on Windows.

The company is even working with the creators of key Linux distributions (such as Red Hat and Ubuntu maker Canonical) to get the program running smoothly. SQL Server for Linux won't officially ...

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 ...

Microsoft isn't open sourcing SQL Server's code, but making it run-able on Linux is a big change for the company. Microsoft has long offered a Mac version of its Office suite and has recently ...

Getting ready for SQL Server on Linux. If you’re interested in running SQL Server on Linux, you’ll want to try out the public preview — not so much to try the features, which should be ...

Microsoft widened its embrace of the Linux kernel with a preview release this week of its next SQL Server, further extending its business analytics platform to run on open-source distributions.

Microsoft's latest SQL Server is rolling out not only just on Windows, but also on Linux, with GREAT experiences in shifting key production workloads over to Linux-based Microsoft SQL Servers!

SQL Server for Linux is just another example of how Microsoft’s view of competing platforms has changed in recent years. This move would’ve been unthinkable under its former CEO Steve Ballmer.

Microsoft porting SQL Server to Linux is not an early April Fool's joke. The company is deadly serious about this move. Some people are asking why. After all, with MySQL, MariaDB, postgreSQL, and ...

You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask of that old Lone Ranger, and you don't run Microsoft SQL Server on Linux (with apologies to the late Jim Croce).