SQL Server on Linux
Applies to: SQL Server (all supported versions) - Linux
Starting with SQL Server 2017, SQL Server runs on Linux. It's the same SQL Server database engine, with many similar features and services regardless of your operating system.
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SQL Server 2019 is available! To find out what's new for Linux in the latest release, see What's new in SQL Server 2019 for Linux.
SQL Server 2019 runs on Linux. It's the same SQL Server database engine, with many similar features and services regardless of your operating system. To find out more about this release, see What's new in SQL Server 2019 for Linux.
Install
To get started, install SQL Server on Linux using one of 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
Connect
After installation, connect to the SQL Server instance on your Linux machine. You can connect locally or remotely and with a variety of tools and drivers. The quickstarts demonstrate how to use the sqlcmd command-line tool. Other tools include the following:
Tool | Tutorial |
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Visual Studio Code (VS Code) | Use VS Code with SQL Server on Linux |
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) | Use SSMS on Windows to connect to SQL Server on Linux |
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) | Use SSDT with SQL Server on Linux |
Explore
SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2019 (15.x) have the same underlying database engine on all supported platforms, including Linux. Therefore, many existing features and capabilities operate the same way on Linux. This area of the documentation exposes some of these features from a Linux perspective. It also calls out areas that have unique requirements on Linux.
If you are already familiar with SQL Server on Linux, review the release notes for general guidelines and known issues for this release:
Then look at what's new:
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For answers to frequently asked questions, see the SQL Server on Linux FAQ.
Get help
- Ideas for SQL: Have suggestions for improving SQL Server?
- Microsoft Q & A (SQL Server)
- DBA Stack Exchange (tag sql-server): Ask SQL Server questions
- Stack Overflow (tag sql-server): Answers to SQL development questions
- Reddit: General discussion about SQL Server
- Microsoft SQL Server License Terms and Information
- Support options for business users
- Contact Microsoft
- Additional SQL Server help and feedback
Contribute to SQL documentation
Did you know that you can edit SQL content yourself? If you do so, not only do you help improve our documentation, but you also get credited as a contributor to the page.
For more information, see How to contribute to SQL Server documentation
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