Release notes for SQL Server 2019 preview on Linux

• 12/11/2018
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The following release notes apply to SQL Server 2019 preview running on Linux. This article is broken into sections for each release. Each release has a link to a support article describing the CU changes as well as links to the Linux package downloads.

Supported platforms

Tools

Most existing client tools that target SQL Server can seamlessly target SQL Server running on Linux. Some tools might have a specific version requirement to work well with Linux. For a full list of SQL Server tools, see SQL Tools and Utilities for SQL Server.

Release history

The following table lists the release history for SQL Server 2019 preview CTP releases.

How to install updates

If you have configured the preview repository (mssql-server-preview), then you will get the latest SQL Server CTP packages when you perform new installations. If you require Docker container images, please see official images for Microsoft SQL Server on Linux for Docker Engine. For more information about repository configuration, see Configure repositories for SQL Server on Linux.

If you are updating existing SQL Server packages, run the appropriate update command for each package to get the latest CU. For specific update instructions for each package, see the following installation guides:

• Install SQL Server package
• Install Full-text Search package
• Install SQL Server Integration Services
• Install SQL Server 2019 preview Machine Learning Services R and Python support on Linux
• Enable SQL Server Agent

CTP 2.2 (December 2018)

The following sections provide package locations and known issues for the CTP 2.2 release. To learn more about new features for Linux on SQL Server 2019, see the What's new in SQL Server 2019.

Package details

For manual or offline package installations, you can download the RPM and Debian packages with the information in the following table:

Known issues

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator

Currently, MSDTC requires transactions to be unauthenticated. For example, if you are using a linked server from SQL Server on Windows to SQL Server on Linux or use a Windows client application to start a distributed transaction against SQL Server on Linux, then MSDTC on Windows server/client is required to use option "No Authentication Required".

CTP 2.1 (November 2018)

The following sections provide package locations and known issues for the CTP 2.1 release. To learn more about new features for Linux on SQL Server 2019, see the What's new in SQL Server 2019.

Package details

For manual or offline package installations, you can download the RPM and Debian packages with the information in the following table:

Known issues

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator

Currently, MSDTC requires transactions to be unauthenticated. For example, if you are using a linked server from SQL Server on Windows to SQL Server on Linux or use a Windows client application to start a distributed transaction against SQL Server on Linux, then MSDTC on Windows server/client is required to use option "No Authentication Required".

CTP 2.0 (September 2018)

The following sections provide package locations and known issues for the CTP 2.0 release. To learn more about new features for Linux on SQL Server 2019, see the What's new in SQL Server 2019.

Package details

For manual or offline package installations, you can download the RPM and Debian packages with the information in the following table:

Known issues

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator

Currently, MSDTC requires transactions to be unauthenticated. For example, if you are using a linked server from SQL Server on Windows to SQL Server on Linux or use a Windows client application to start a distributed transaction against SQL Server on Linux, then MSDTC on Windows server/client is required to use option "No Authentication Required".

Next steps

To get started, see the following quickstarts:

• Install on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Install on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• Install on Ubuntu
• Run on Docker
• Provision a SQL VM in Azure
• Run & Connect - Cloud

For answers to frequently asked questions, see the SQL Server on Linux FAQ.