So SQL Server on Linux is still a pretty significant undertaking. And, given the caveats I've outlined here, it's not clear that undertaking will pay off for Redmond. But let's not get too granular.

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 ...

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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.

Microsoft on Monday announced that its SQL Server 2016 database system will be coming to the Linux platform. "This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows ...

Microsoft Corp. will make one of its most lucrative products, a version of its SQL Server database program, available to users of the Linux operating system, a move beyond the company’s own ...

SQL Server on Linux will provide customers with even more flexibility in their data solution. One with mission-critical performance, industry-leading TCO, best-in-class security, ...

SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship relational database product, is now available on Linux in the form of an early private preview, with a full launch planned for mid-2017.