Applies to: SQL Server - Linux
SQL Server runs on Linux, starting with SQL Server 2017 (14.x). It's the same SQL Server Database Engine, with many similar features and services regardless of your operating system.
InstallTo get started, install SQL Server on Linux using one of the following quickstarts:
The SQL Server container images are published and available on the Microsoft Container Registry (MCR), and also cataloged at the following locations, based on the operating system image that was used when creating the container image:
After installation, connect to the SQL Server instance on your Linux machine. You can connect locally or remotely and with various tools and drivers. The quickstarts demonstrate how to use the sqlcmd command-line tool. Other tools include the following:
ExploreStarting with SQL Server 2017 (14.x), SQL Server has the same underlying Database Engine on all supported platforms, including Linux and containers. Therefore, many existing features and capabilities operate the same way. 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're already familiar with SQL Server on Linux, review the release notes for general guidelines and known issues for this release:
To find out more about each release, see:
To see what's new in each version for Windows, see:
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 Edit Microsoft Learn documentation.
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