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But for some users, this could be a feasible option. Extended support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is set to end in July 2019, and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 in January 2020.

SQL Server on Linux uses the same code as SQL Server 2017 on Windows, with the exception of a platform abstraction layer that manages OS-specific calls. "SQL Server on Linux is an engineering feat.

Microsoft only recently -- as of June 1, 2016 -- made its most recent version of SQL Server for Windows, SQL Server 2016, generally available.

SQL Server is one of Microsoft's major Windows applications, helping to drive Windows sales and keep people on the Windows platform. If you can run SQL Server on Linux, well, that's one less ...

SQL Server for Linux is just another example of how Microsoft’s view of competing platforms has changed in recent years. This move would’ve been unthinkable under its former CEO Steve Ballmer.

These regressions affecting SQL Server were delivered in the July 10 patches to Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and various Windows 10 versions (1803, 1709, 1703 and 1607).

Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.