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title: "What's New for SQL Server 2025 Preview on Linux"
description: In this article, learn about the major features and services available for SQL Server 2025 Preview running on Linux.
author: rwestMSFT
ms.author: randolphwest
ms.date: 08/14/2025
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ms.topic: whats-new
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# What's new for SQL Server 2025 Preview on Linux

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This article describes the major features and services available for [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../includes/sssql25-md.md)] running on Linux. For package downloads and known issues, see the [Release notes](sql-server-linux-release-notes-2025.md).

## Updates

The following updates are available in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../includes/sssql25-md.md)] on Linux:

| New feature or update | Details |
| --- | --- |
| TLS 1.3 enabled by default | [Encrypt connections to SQL Server on Linux](sql-server-linux-encrypted-connections.md) |
| Ubuntu 24.04 support in preview | [Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on Ubuntu](quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu.md?view=sql-server-ver17&tabs=ubuntu2004%2C2505ubuntu2404%2Codbc-ubuntu-2404&preserve-view=true) |
| Custom password policy | [Set custom password policy for SQL logins in SQL Server on Linux](sql-server-linux-custom-password-policy.md) |
| tmpfs support for `tempdb` | [Enable and run tempdb on tmpfs for SQL Server 2025 Preview on Linux](sql-server-linux-tmpfs-tempdb.md) |
| Generic ODBC data source support for PolyBase | [Connect to ODBC data sources with PolyBase on SQL Server on Linux](sql-server-linux-polybase.md) |

## Related content

- [Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on Red Hat](quickstart-install-connect-red-hat.md?view=sql-server-linux-ver17&preserve-view=true)
- [Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server](quickstart-install-connect-suse.md?view=sql-server-linux-ver17&preserve-view=true)
- [Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on Ubuntu](quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu.md?view=sql-server-linux-ver17&preserve-view=true)
- [Quickstart: Run SQL Server Linux container images with Docker](quickstart-install-connect-docker.md?view=sql-server-linux-ver17&preserve-view=true)
- [Provision a Linux virtual machine running SQL Server in the Azure portal](/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/linux/sql-vm-create-portal-quickstart?toc=/sql/toc/toc.json)
- [SQL Server on Linux FAQ](sql-server-linux-faq.yml)
- [What's new in SQL Server 2025 Preview](../sql-server/what-s-new-in-sql-server-2025.md)

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