1] Install Hyper-V Role and Container feature. First, we need to prepare our server for Docker by checking all the prerequisites. To do so, we need to install the Hyper-V Role and Container ...

Microsoft on Monday announced the general availability of SQL Server 2017, now with support for Linux, at its Ignite conference in Orlando. The company first announced its plans for the newest ...

Microsoft Ignite: SQL Server 2017 for Linux goes live; or Windows, if you want The preview Docker image has already been fetched 2 million times.

Docker containers developed for Linux won’t be able to run, at least not natively, on Windows Server, nor vice versa. But the Windows Server version will have the same features as the Linux ...

SQL Server on Linux uses the same code as SQL Server 2017 on Windows, with the exception of a platform abstraction layer that manages OS-specific calls. "SQL Server on Linux is an engineering feat.

The SQL Server 2017 itself includes a new adaptive query-processing engine designed to be faster than its predecessor. It also uses machine-learning models built with R and Python that can run ...

Microsoft has sent its SQL Server on Windows Containers Beta program to the shadow realm. Not only is it indefinitely pausing support, but it's also deleting docker hub repos.

After its debut six months ago, Microsoft has released the latest update for the public preview of SQL Server 2017 on Linux, with some early adopters already using it within production containers.

Docker container support will be part of the next release of Microsoft's Windows Server, officials from Microsoft and Docker Inc. announced on October 15. Microsoft is building "new container ...

Containerisation can help business lift and shift legacy Windows Server 2008 applications, and Docker regards this as a big opportunity.The Microsoft server operating system reaches end of support ...