14 DAY TRIAL // Today, November 16, 2016, Canonical was pleased to announce the availability of a Public Preview of Microsoft's SQL server for the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system.
In May this year, we reported on Microsoft's upcoming plans to bring its SQL Server to the Linux platform, providing developers and organizations with freedom of choice for both cloud and local infrastructures when it comes to implementing a powerful database server. And now, it looks like Canonical prepared a public preview of SQL Server on Linux, allowing Ubuntu users to get familiar with it.
"With the next version of SQL Server, Microsoft brings the power of SQL Server on Linux and Windows including support for Docker containers," said Canonical in the press announcement. "Moreover, with SQL Server on Ubuntu, there are significant cost savings, performance improvements, and the ability to scale & deploy additional storage and compute resources easier without adding more hardware."
Microsoft SQL Server enables choice of data types and development languages
We all known that companies dedicated to open source software won't replace the free and powerful MariaDB or MySQL solutions with SQL Server, but it looks like Microsoft's relational database management system promises support for Docker containers and enables choice of data types and development languages. Using Microsoft SQL Server saves costs, adds an extra layer of performance, and improves scalability.
If you want to give Microsoft SQL Server a try on Ubuntu, you should know that public preview images are now available on Microsoft's SQL Server on Linux website, as well as on Microsoft Azure and Docker Hub. Don't hesitate to visit www.sqlserveronlinux.com if you want to get started with Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu. There, you'll find many other useful resources and documentation to better understand the advantages of SQL Server on Ubuntu.