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I want to cover my experience of testing SQL Server Assessment in Azure Data Studio in this post. Due to the fact I tested it slightly different than most will the first time around. Because I initially tested it against a Windows based container running SQL Server 2017. In fact, I used the same container … Read more
I’ve been looking back at last decade since so much has changed in the last ten years. Now I have looked for an official name for the last decade because I was curious. According to the Wikipedia article here it’s the twenty-tens, so I will stick with that for now. As far as technology is … Read more
In this post I cover finding SQL Server versions for Docker and Linux using a web browser. Mostly because the other day somebody asked where the latest version of the SQL Server 2019 release candidate was. Of course, they asked this because the links were not working yet. I’m sure this will be resolved shortly. … Read more
My T-SQL contribution for this month discusses what you should consider when adopting SQL Server on Linux. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Tracy Boggiano. Tracy invites us all to write about what we think everyone should know when working with SQL Server on Linux, or anything else related to SQL running on Linux. … Read more
In this post I want to cover using local repositories with SQL Server on Linux. Because I discussed with my colleagues recently about offline installations of SQL Server on Linux. In reality, it is something that has been on my mind for a while now. To install SQL Server on Linux onto a server which … Read more
In this post I want to cover running SQL Server on Linux on your own laptop. For the benefit all of you out there who have yet to experiment with SQL Server on Linux and are probably about to start your journey. However, others may also find this post useful. I must confess it still … Read more