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SQL Server Containers and SQL Server on Linux Now Available on Windows via WSL!

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amvin87
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Jan 02, 2025
We're kicking off 2025 with exciting news!  We are thrilled to announce that developers can now easily get started with SQL Server container images and SQL Server on Linux installations directly on t...
Updated Jan 02, 2025
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Reinaldo Kibel
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Jan 09, 2025

That is super cool. I’m going to have to try it out. Linux is Ubuntu the recommended distribution? 
can we also try SQL Server 2025?

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Jan 09, 2025

Thanks Reinaldo, you can run on Ubuntu, SLES or RHEL as these are the distributions that have been documented as supported. If you have access to the private bits for SQL Server 2025 as part of the private preview program then yes, you can try SQL 2025 as well.

Thanks

Amit