| title | What's New for SQL Server 2017 on Linux |
|---|---|
| description | This article highlights what's new for SQL Server 2017 on Linux. |
| author | VanMSFT |
| ms.author | vanto |
| ms.date | 10/23/2019 |
| ms.topic | conceptual |
| ms.prod | sql |
| ms.technology | linux |
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This article describes the major features and services available for SQL Server 2017 running on Linux.
Note
In addition to these capabilities in this article, cumulative updates are released at regular intervals. These cumulative updates provide many improvements and fixes. For detailed information about the latest CU release, see https://aka.ms/sql2017cu. For package downloads and known issues, see the Release notes.
- Enabled the core SQL Server Database Engine capabilities.
- Support for native Linux paths.
- IPV6 support.
- Support for database files on NFS.
- Enabled Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption.
- Enabled Active Directory Authentication.
- Availability Groups functionality for high availability.
- Full-text Search support.
- Enabled SQL Server Agent support for the following tasks:
- Ability to run SSIS packages on Linux. For more information, see Configure SQL Server Integration Services on Linux with ssis-conf.
- Command-line configuration tool, mssql-conf.
- Unattended installation support with environment variables.
- Cross-platform Visual Studio Code mssql-server extension.
- Cross-platform script generator, mssql-scripter.
- Cross-platform Dynamic Management View (DMV) monitor, DBFS tool.
To install SQL Server on Linux, use one of the following tutorials:
- Install on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Install on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Install on Ubuntu
- Run on Docker
- Provision a SQL VM in Azure
For answers to frequently asked questions, see the SQL Server on Linux FAQ. To see other improvements introduced in SQL Server 2017, see What's New in SQL Server 2017.
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