| title | What's New for SQL Server 2017 on Linux | ||
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| description | In this article, learn about the major features and services available for SQL Server 2017 running on Linux. | ||
| author | rwestMSFT | ||
| ms.author | randolphwest | ||
| ms.date | 06/06/2025 | ||
| ms.service | sql | ||
| ms.subservice | linux | ||
| ms.topic | whats-new | ||
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[!INCLUDE sqlserver2017-linux]
This article describes the major features and services available for [!INCLUDE sssql17-md] running on Linux.
In addition to these capabilities in this article, cumulative updates (CUs) are released at regular intervals. These cumulative updates provide many improvements and fixes. For detailed information about the latest CU release, see SQL Server 2017 build versions. For package downloads and known issues, see the Release notes.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 is supported in [!INCLUDE sssql17-md] CU 20 and later versions. For more information, see Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on Red Hat.
Ubuntu 18.04 is supported in [!INCLUDE sssql17-md] CU 20 and later versions. For more information, see Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on Ubuntu.
- Enabled the core [!INCLUDE ssnoversion-md] Database Engine capabilities.
- Support for native Linux paths.
- IPv6 support.
- Support for database files on Network File System (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 SQL Server extension for Visual Studio Code.
- Cross-platform script generator, mssql-scripter.
- Cross-platform Dynamic Management View (DMV) monitor, DBFS tool.
- Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on Red Hat
- Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on Ubuntu
- Quickstart: Run SQL Server Linux container images with Docker
- Provision a Linux virtual machine running SQL Server in the Azure portal
- SQL Server on Linux FAQ
- What's new in SQL Server 2017
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