There’s clearly an opportunity for SQL Server on Linux to take over some roles from SQL Server on Windows, something that’s also simplified by the new consistent programming surface between ...

As a result, the SQL Server team can work from a single code base and doesn’t really have to worry about where the code will run (and this includes Microsoft’s Azure platform). SQL Server for ...

Microsoft officials said SQL Server Next on Linux and SQL Server Next on Windows are based on a single code base. "There are some features that have platform specific characteristics.

This release is important for C/C++ developers using Linux operating systems and writing applications that tap Microsoft's newer relational database management systems. It provides sqlcmd and bcp ...

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.

Along with Linux support, SQL Server 2016 includes improvements to its “Hekaton” in-memory database engine introduced in the 2014 version. Microsoft said in its release notes that the storage format ...

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 ...

Linux, created in the early 1990s by incredibly influential programming firebrand Linus Torvalds and further developed by a veritable army of volunteers from around the world, never quite toppled ...

SQL Server, one of the most popular pieces of database server software, and a crown jewel of Microsoft's enterprise software empire, is coming to Linux. Seriously.

Microsoft also offers the Ubuntu, CentOS, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE, distributions hosted on Azure. Microsoft is still working to finalize its SQL Server 2016 release.