Scott Guthrie - Executive Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise Group, Microsoft had announced the plan of Microsoft to bring the SQL Server to Linux which will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux also on-premises and cloud. Microsoft targeting the availability in mid-2017. Microsoft is proving its commitment to being a cross platform solution provider. This gives customers choice and reduces the concerns for lock-in. We would expect this will also accelerate the overall adoption of SQL Server. Microsoft has released SQL Server 2017 CTP 2.0 capable to run on Linux on April 2017.
Supported platforms :- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Workstation, Server, and Desktop SUSE Enterprise Linux Server v12 SP2 Ubuntu 16.04LTS and 16.10 Docker Engine 1.8+ on Windows, Mac, or Linux
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Supported client tools:- SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for Windows - Release Candidate 2 SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio - Release Candidate 2 Visual Studio Code with the mssql extension Latest (0.2.1)