Installing SQL Server 2019 using the Azure Cloud Shell

Introduction Microsoft released SQL Server on Linux, starting from SQL Server 2017. SQL Server 2019 (15.x) has the same underlying database engine on all supported platforms, including Linux. Therefore, many existing features and capabilities operate the same way on Linux. Platform File System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, or 8 Server XFS […]

Monitoring - Level 6 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux

In this level of the Stairway to Linux, learn how to use the TIG stack to monitor your SQL Server instance on Linux.

Linux Agent

Linux OS Support

Getting BCP for Linux

Export/Import Data using BCP - SQL Server on Linux

In this article you will learn how to use BCP for SQL Server on Linux to export and import data using the BCP command line utility.

SQL Agent in Level 5 of the Stairway of SQL Server on Linux

In this level of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux, we learn how to set up and use SQL Agent.

Running Linux SQL Server as a Container

Phil Factor starts a series of articles that will demonstrate the use of temporary SQL Server instances, running in Linux containers, into which we can deploy the latest database build, stocked with data, for development and testing work. This initial article shows how to set up a SQL Server instance inside a Linux Docker container, create some sample databases, and persist data locally.

How to Linux for SQL Server DBAs — Part 4

In this article, Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman continues teaching SQL Server DBAs how to navigate Linux. She demonstrates usings aliases, setting up environment variables, and examining processes.

SQL Server Agent for SQL Express on Linux

This article will show you how to use crontab to schedule tasks that you want to run on a SQL Server on Linux instance when no Agent is configured.