Initial Testing with Microsoft SQL Server on Linux

Picture of Oliver Nelson Oliver Nelson : Mar 8, 2017 6:31:00 AM

Databases
Initial Testing with Microsoft SQL Server on Linux

In March of 2016 Microsoft announced the imminent release of the first private preview of SQL Server on Linux. Now available to everyone as a Community Technology Preview (CTP), we've been testing out using our DataFlex and Btrieve drivers with SQL Server running on both Linux (Ubuntu/Red Hat/Suse) and macOS (macOS!).


We're going to give you a brief tour of the steps involved in getting SQL Server on Linux running in a docker image on macOS Sierra. We'll then access the server from a VM running DataFlex 19 in Windows 10 with the latest unreleased Flex2SQL v15 build.

 

View the webinar Running Microsoft SQL Server on Linux with Mertech Products.

 
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