Release notes for SQL Server 2019 on Linux

Applies to: SQL Server 2019 (15.x) - Linux

The following release notes apply to SQL Server 2019 (15.x) running on Linux. This article is broken into sections for each release. For detailed supportability and known issues, see SQL Server on Linux: Known issues. Each release links to a support article describing the changes, in addition to the Linux package downloads.

These release notes are specifically for SQL Server 2019 (15.x) releases. For release notes on other editions, see the following articles:

Supported platforms

You should run production workloads on supported platforms like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu Pro, as they receive regular OS security updates, and have support coverage options that you need for enterprise database deployments.

Platform File System Installation Guide Get
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 - 7.9, or 8.x Server XFS or EXT4 Installation guide Get RHEL 8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v12 (SP3 - SP5), or v15 (SP1 - SP3) XFS or EXT4 Installation guide Get SLES v15
Ubuntu 16.04 1, 18.04, or 20.04 XFS or EXT4 Installation guide Get Ubuntu 20.04
Docker Engine 1.8+ on Windows, Mac, or Linux N/A Installation guide Get Docker

1 Support for SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04 is limited. At the end of April 2021, Ubuntu 16.04 transitioned from its standard five-year maintenance window for long term support (LTS) releases, into extended security maintenance (ESM) support. For more details, see Ubuntu 16.04 LTS transitions to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) | Ubuntu.

Tip

For more information, review the system requirements for SQL Server on Linux. For the latest support policy for SQL Server, see the Technical support policy for Microsoft SQL Server.

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 overview.

Latest versions for all packages

This section lists the latest versions of each package per distribution, for SQL Server 2019 (15.x). The following table shows the most recent release, which is CU 25. For full release history, see Release history for SQL Server 2019.

Version Release Date Build KB article
SQL Server 2019 (15.x) CU 25 2024-02-15 15.0.4355.3 Support article
Distribution Package name Package version Download
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RHEL 8 Database Engine 15.0.4355.3-4 Database Engine RPM package
RHEL 8 Extensibility 15.0.4355.3-4 Extensibility RPM package
RHEL 8 Full-Text Search 15.0.4355.3-4 Full-Text Search RPM package
RHEL 8 High Availability 15.0.4355.3-4 High Availability RPM package
RHEL 8 Java Extensibility 15.0.4355.3-4 Java Extensibility RPM package
RHEL 8 PolyBase 15.0.4355.3-4 PolyBase RPM package
RHEL 8 SSIS 15.0.4063.15-88 SSIS RPM package
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SLES 15 Database Engine 15.0.4355.3-4 Database Engine RPM package
SLES 15 Extensibility 15.0.4355.3-4 Extensibility RPM package
SLES 15 Full-Text Search 15.0.4355.3-4 Full-Text Search RPM package
SLES 15 High Availability 15.0.4355.3-4 High Availability RPM package
SLES 15 Java Extensibility 15.0.4355.3-4 Java Extensibility RPM package
SLES 15 PolyBase 15.0.4355.3-4 PolyBase RPM package
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 20.04 Database Engine 15.0.4355.3-4 Database Engine Debian package
Ubuntu 20.04 Extensibility 15.0.4355.3-4 Extensibility Debian package
Ubuntu 20.04 Full-Text Search 15.0.4355.3-4 Full-Text Search Debian package
Ubuntu 20.04 High Availability 15.0.4355.3-4 High Availability Debian package
Ubuntu 20.04 Java Extensibility 15.0.4355.3-4 Java Extensibility Debian package
Ubuntu 20.04 PolyBase 15.0.4355.3-4 PolyBase Debian package
Ubuntu 18.04 SSIS 15.0.4153.1-89 SSIS Debian package

How to install updates

When you configure the CU repository (mssql-server-2019), you get the latest CU of SQL Server packages when you perform new installations. If you require Docker container images, see official images for Microsoft SQL Server on Linux for Docker Engine. For more information about repository configuration, see Configure repositories for installing and upgrading SQL Server on Linux.

If you update 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:

Release history

The following table lists the release history for SQL Server 2019 (15.x).

Release Version Release date
CU 25 15.0.4355.3 2024-02-15
CU 24 15.0.4345.5 2023-12-14
CU 23 15.0.4335.1 2023-10-12
CU 22 GDR 15.0.4326.1 2023-10-10
CU 22 15.0.4322.2 2023-08-14
CU 21 15.0.4316.3 2023-06-15
CU 20 15.0.4312.2 2023-04-13
CU 19 15.0.4298.1 2023-02-16
CU 18 GDR 15.0.4280.7 2023-02-14
CU 18 15.0.4261.1 2022-09-28
CU 17 15.0.4249.2 2022-08-11
CU 16 GDR 15.0.4236.7 2022-06-14
CU 16 15.0.4223.1 2022-04-18
CU 15 15.0.4198.2 2022-01-27
CU 14 15.0.4188.2 2021-11-22
CU 13 15.0.4178.1 2021-10-05
CU 12 15.0.4153.1 2021-08-04
CU 11 15.0.4138.2 2021-06-10
CU 10 15.0.4123.1 2021-04-06
CU 9 15.0.4102.2 2021-02-10
CU 8 GDR 15.0.4083.2 2021-01-12
GDR 1 15.0.2080.9 2021-01-12
CU 8 15.0.4073.23 2020-10-07
CU 7 (Removed) 15.0.4063.15 2020-09-02
CU 6 15.0.4053.23 2020-08-04
CU 5 15.0.4043.16 2020-06-22
CU 4 15.0.4033.1 2020-03-31
CU 3 15.0.4023.6 2020-03-12
CU 2 15.0.4013.40 2020-02-13
CU 1 15.0.4003.23 2020-01-07
GA 15.0.2000.5 2019-11-04

Known issues

For more information, see SQL Server on Linux: Known issues.