Microsoft is releasing a public preview of the next version of its SQL Server database, which will work on Linux and Windows, both. Microsoft released a private preview of SQL Server for Linux in ...

because it's not just a release for Windows. Today marks the general availability of SQL Server 2017 for Linux. There's also a containerized version for deployment using Docker. SQL Server for ...

Scott Guthrie, head of Microsoft's Cloud & Enterprise business, said "This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well as on-premises and ...

The company today launched the first release candidate of SQL Server 2017, which will be the first version to run on Windows, Linux and in Docker containers. The Docker container alone has already ...

helping to drive Windows sales and keep people on the Windows platform. If you can run SQL Server on Linux, well, that's one less reason to use Windows. And while SQL Server does share heritage ...

While SQL Server 2022 is still at the public preview stage, when it's commercially released, the licensing for its use on Windows Server and Linux servers will be the same, according to the FAQ ...

Microsoft executive Scott Guthrie. (GeekWire File Photo) “This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well as on-premises and cloud ...

Now available in a public preview, SQL Server for Linux aims to be full-featured like the Windows edition and a robust, long-term choice for enterprises Those who wondered what it would be like to ...

That doesn’t mean we’ll be getting open source versions of SQL Server or Windows any time soon. But Microsoft no longer discounts the Linux and open source world as rivals to be conquered. Instead, it ...

is now available on Linux in the form of an early private preview, with a full launch planned for mid-2017. Until now, SQL Server was strictly a Windows product, but as Scott Guthrie ...

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 ...

Today, the company is previewing a SQL Server for Linux that features the core relational database features of SQL Server 2016. The aim is to allow companies to run databases on Linux as well as ...