| title | Release Notes for SQL Server 2025 on Linux | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| description | This article contains the release notes and supported features for SQL Server 2025 running on Linux. Release notes include the most recent release and several previous releases. | ||
| author | rwestMSFT | ||
| ms.author | randolphwest | ||
| ms.reviewer | amitkh, vanto | ||
| ms.date | 12/05/2025 | ||
| ms.service | sql | ||
| ms.subservice | linux | ||
| ms.topic | release-notes | ||
| ms.custom |
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[!INCLUDE sqlserver2025-linux]
The following release notes apply to [!INCLUDE ssSQL25] running on Linux. This article is broken into sections for each release. For detailed supportability and known issues, see SQL Server on Linux: Known issues. Each release links to a support article describing the changes, in addition to the Linux package downloads.
These release notes are specifically for [!INCLUDE ssSQL25] releases. For release notes on other editions, see the following articles:
- Release notes for SQL Server 2017 on Linux
- Release notes for SQL Server 2019 on Linux
- Release notes for SQL Server 2022 on Linux
[!INCLUDE support-policy]
[!INCLUDE linux-supported-platforms-2025]
Most existing client tools that target [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] can seamlessly target [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] running on Linux. Some tools might have a specific version requirement to work well with Linux. For a full list of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] tools, see SQL tools overview.
This section lists the latest versions of each package per distribution, for [!INCLUDE ssSQL25]. The following table shows the most recent release, which is GA. For full release history, see Release history for SQL Server 2025 on Linux.
| Version | Release | Date | Build | KB article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [!INCLUDE ssSQL25] | GA | 2025-11-18 | 17.0.1000.7 |
Note
Red Hat 10 and Ubuntu 24.04 are supported (in preview) on [!INCLUDE ssSQL25], starting with GA.
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Starting with [!INCLUDE ssSQL25], SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) isn't supported.
Customers using earlier versions of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] on SLES aren't affected, and there are no changes to your support for existing deployments. For more information about version lifecycle policies, see SQL Server 2022, SQL Server 2019, and SQL Server 2017. To upgrade to [!INCLUDE sssql25-md], back up your databases and restore them to a supported distribution.
| Distribution | Package name | Package version | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | |||
| RHEL 10 (in preview) | Database Engine | 17.0.1000.7-7 | Database Engine RPM package |
| RHEL 10 (in preview) | Extensibility | 17.0.1000.7-7 | Extensibility RPM package |
| RHEL 10 (in preview) | Full-Text Search | 17.0.1000.7-7 | Full-Text Search RPM package |
| RHEL 10 (in preview) | High Availability | 17.0.1000.7-7 | High Availability RPM package |
| RHEL 10 (in preview) | PolyBase | 17.0.1000.7-7 | PolyBase RPM package |
| Ubuntu | |||
| Ubuntu 24.04 (in preview) | Database Engine | 17.0.1000.7-7 | Database Engine Debian package |
| Ubuntu 24.04 (in preview) | Extensibility | 17.0.1000.7-7 | Extensibility Debian package |
| Ubuntu 24.04 (in preview) | Full-Text Search | 17.0.1000.7-7 | Full-Text Search Debian package |
| Ubuntu 24.04 (in preview) | High Availability | 17.0.1000.7-7 | High Availability Debian package |
| Ubuntu 24.04 (in preview) | PolyBase | 17.0.1000.7-7 | PolyBase Debian package |
When you configure the CU repository (mssql-server-2025), you get the latest CU of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] packages when you perform new installations. If you require Docker container images, see official images for Microsoft SQL Server on Linux for Docker Engine. For more information about repository configuration, see Configure repositories for installing and upgrading SQL Server 2025 on Linux.
If you update existing [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] packages, run the appropriate update command for each package to get the latest CU. For specific update instructions for each package, see the following installation guides:
- Install SQL Server package
- Install SQL Server Full-Text Search on Linux
- Install SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) on Linux
- Install SQL Server 2019 Machine Learning Services (Python and R) on Linux
- Install PolyBase on Linux
- Install SQL Server Agent on Linux
The following table lists the release history for [!INCLUDE ssSQL25].
Note
Any missing GDRs apply to the Windows version only.
| Release | Version | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| GA | 17.0.1000.7 | 2025-11-18 |
For more information, see SQL Server on Linux: Known issues.
- SQL Server on Linux FAQ
- 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
- Quickstart: Run SQL Server in the cloud