Microsoft SQL Server 2017: Microsoft released yesterday, July 17, the first near-final public Release Candidate of SQL Server 2017.
SQL Server 2017 will be the first version of Microsoft's SQL Server database to run on Linux and Windows Server. Microsoft officials said they expect SQL Server 2017 to be available to everyone sometime this summer.
To date, Microsoft has released seven Community Technology Previews of SQL Server 2017.
The company used Microsoft Research’s “Drawbridge” technology to bring SQL Server to Linux. Drawbridge technology is an adaptation of the Library OS concept, which Microsoft Research has been working on for several years.
It is a form of virtualization specifically for sandboxing applications. Drawbridge technology played a major role in bringing the Bash shell to Windows 10.
This version of SQL Server (Microsoft SQL Server 2017), in addition to support on the Linux platform, will also provide graphical data processing, adaptive query processing and Python integration for advanced analytics, as stated by Microsoft developers.
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Release Candidate 1 adds SQL Server to Linux Active Directory integration, Transport Layer Security (TLS) for data encryption, more features in SQL Server Analysis Services, and SQL Server Integration Services on Linux and Windows Server.
Microsoft's new SQL Server 2017 can be installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Linux Docker containers on Linux, Windows, or macOS along with Windows Server.
