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Published May 20, 2021

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Microsoft SQL Server Linux-based container images to be available only from the Microsoft Container Registry

Traditionally, SQL Server Linux container images could be downloaded from Microsoft Container Registry (mcr.microsoft.com) and mssql-server-linux.

Published September 24, 2020

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Open sourcing the R and Python language extensions for SQL Server

For the past decade, data science has become integral to many enterprise applications. Languages such as R and Python have left the realm of data scientists and are being used more frequently by data engineers supporting them. R and Python are the most popular data science languages currently for creating, training, and scoring models.

Published May 26, 2020

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Open innovation, customer choice, and reliability with SQL Server on SUSE

With nearly two decades of delivering joint innovation to meet changing business demands, Microsoft and SUSE continue to focus on enabling digital transformation for our customers, building on open source solutions, and a seamless collaborative support model for SUSE workloads on SQL Server and Azure.

Published April 28, 2020

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Enabling customer choice, agility, and performance with SQL Server on Red Hat

Since the release of SQL Server 2017 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the industry-leading SQL Server database has been available on Red Hat Linux technologies. Microsoft and Red Hat continue to jointly engineer SQL-related offerings on Red Hat and provide enterprise experience to customers with co-located support for production workloads.

Published March 19, 2020

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How to provision a Linux SQL Server Virtual Machine in Azure

You’re an existing SQL Server customer and are looking to explore the fast-growing Linux operating system. Whether on-premises or in the cloud, Microsoft has you covered. With SQL Server 2017, and now SQL Server 2019, SQL Server is available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu.

Published December 11, 2019

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Tools and commands for running SQL Server 2019 on Linux

Organizations that embraced the option to run Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on Linux have been looking forward to the release of SQL Server 2019. Regardless of which operating system (OS) you choose, it’s the same SQL Server database code, and includes even more of the same features and services as the Windows release.

Published December 4, 2019

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What’s new with SQL Server 2019 Linux features

With SQL Server 2017, Microsoft entered the world of multi-OS platform support for SQL Server. For many technical professionals, the ability to run SQL Server on the same open source operating system as the rest of the application stack is not just a goal, but a dream that Microsoft made come true.

Published December 3, 2019

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How to configure persistent memory for SQL Server on Linux

With the release of SQL Server 2019 on Linux, Microsoft introduced persistent memory (PMEM) support on Linux. This is an exciting development, as previous versions of SQL Server on Linux didn’t support PMEM. Let’s look at how to configure the PMEM for SQL Server on Linux. SQL Server 2016 introduced support for non-volatile DIMMs and an optimization called Tail of the Log Caching on NVDIMM.

Published October 17, 2019

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Mssql extension for Visual Studio Code now has Object Explorer and IntelliCode

Today we’re introducing a new release for the mssql extension for Visual Studio Code which is now available! The mssql extension for Visual Studio Code is the official SQL Server extension that supports connections to SQL Server and rich editing experience for T-SQL in your favorite developer tool, Visual Studio Code. You can download the mssql extension and try out a tutorial to get started.

Published January 9, 2019

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The January release of Azure Data Studio

We are excited to announce the January release of Azure Data Studio (formerly known as SQL Operations Studio) is now available. Download Azure Data Studio and review the Release Notes to get started. Note: If you are currently using the preview version, SQL Operations Studio, and would like to retain your settings when upgrading to the latest version, please follow these instructions.

Published November 6, 2018

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The November release of Azure Data Studio is now available

We are excited to announce the November release of Azure Data Studio (formerly known as SQL Operations Studio) is now available. Download Azure Data Studio and review the Release Notes to get started. Note: If you are currently using the preview version, SQL Operations Studio, and would like to retain your settings when you upgrade to the latest version, follow these instructions.

Published October 24, 2018

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An Engineer and a tiger walk into a Clinic at the PASS Summit 2018

Sounds like there should be a punchline right? Well, there is. Microsoft will be in full force at PASS Summit 2018, and this is the third blog post in a series describing the involvement of the Microsoft SQL Server engineering team there. You can read more about our keynotes and our Modernizing pre-conference seminar from this series.

Product: SQL Server on Linux

Microsoft SQL Server Linux-based container images to be available only from the Microsoft Container Registry

Open sourcing the R and Python language extensions for SQL Server

Open innovation, customer choice, and reliability with SQL Server on SUSE

Enabling customer choice, agility, and performance with SQL Server on Red Hat

How to provision a Linux SQL Server Virtual Machine in Azure

Tools and commands for running SQL Server 2019 on Linux

What’s new with SQL Server 2019 Linux features

How to configure persistent memory for SQL Server on Linux

Mssql extension for Visual Studio Code now has Object Explorer and IntelliCode

The January release of Azure Data Studio

The November release of Azure Data Studio is now available

An Engineer and a tiger walk into a Clinic at the PASS Summit 2018

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