SQL Server on Linux

I thought I’d do something on Oracle this week, but then Microsoft made an announcement that was like an early Christmas present- SQL Server release for Linux.

I work for a company that supports Oracle and SQL Server, so I wanted to know how *real* this release was. I first wanted to test it out on a new build and as they recommend, along as link to an Ubuntu install, I created a new VM and started from there-

Once done, then you’ll need to reboot before you run your installation of SQL Server:

reboot

MSSQL Install

Once the VM has cycled, then you can run the installation using the Redhat installation as root, (my delphix user doesn’t have the rights and I decided to have MSSQL installed under root for this first test run):