Microsoft & Red Hat Sittin’ In A Tree
Microsoft and Red Hat have joined together to support Linux in Azure. Customers can already run Linux on Azure, but the new partnership will expand support for running so-called “hybrid clouds,” in...
View ArticleConnecting To SQL Server From Linux
Erland Sommarskog has an article on ways in which you can connect to SQL Server from a Linux (or UNIX) box: TDS — Tabular Data Stream — is the protocol that SQL Server talks with its clients. This is a...
View ArticleSQL Server On Linux
It’s coming: Today I’m excited to announce our plans to bring SQL Server to Linux as well. This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well as...
View ArticleSQL Server On Linux Preview
James Anderson shows us where to sign up for the SQL Server on Linux preview: Couple of thoughts on the sign up form: Red Hat is mentioned in the announcment but this form tells us that only Ubuntu or...
View ArticleWindows Authentication On Linux
Ryan Adams shows us how to get Active Directory authentication on Linux using Samba and PAM: Back to our question at hand. Since the preview just got released I have not had a chance to test this out...
View ArticleSQL Server JDBC Driver Update
Microsoft is releasing a preview of their JDBC driver: We are committed to continuously updating the JDBC driver to bring more feature support for connecting to SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and...
View ArticleJoining Ubuntu To AD
Chrissy LeMaire shows us how to connect to AD from Ubuntu: Since 2009, it seems that a couple things have changed in the client realm. In particular, winbindfell out of favor to Likewise Open (which I...
View ArticleInstalling ODBC Drivers
Steph Locke shows how to install the SQL Server ODBC drivers in Ubuntu: Did you know you can now get SQL Server ODBC drivers for Ubuntu? Yes, no, maybe? It’s ok even if you haven’t since it’s pretty...
View ArticlePowershell + Bash
Max Trinidad shows how to integrate Powershell with Bash in Windows 10: If it worth knowing that in order to get Bash, it’s a feature you need to installed it first. The following is the series of...
View ArticlePowershell All The Things
Max Trinidad reports that Microsoft is making Powershell a cross-platform language: This is PowerShell Core only, Alpha Version 6.0.0.9 and there’s a lot of work to do. Bugs and feedback are been...
View ArticleService Fabric On Linux
Mark Russinovich announces that Azure Service Fabric will be available on Linux: Given its beginnings, Service Fabric supports Windows servers and .NET applications, but many enterprises today run...
View ArticleVS Code And Powershell
Max Trinidad explains how to get Powershell running with Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu: Using VS Code Debug First, we are going to use VS Code debug option to run PowerShell Out-Of-The-Box. This way we...
View ArticleSQL Server ODBC For Linux 13.0
Meet Bhagdev reports that a new version of the SQL Server ODBC driver for Linux is available: What’s new Native Linux Install Experience: The driver can now be installed with apt-get (Ubuntu), yum...
View ArticleWhy SQL On Linux
David Klee explains the benefits of SQL Server on Linux: First and foremost (IMHO), Microsoft wants to appeal to developers. They want their development stack to run anywhere there are developers....
View ArticleSQL On Docker Environment Variables
James Anderson lists the current environment variables that you can set for a SQL Server on Linux Docker container: As of CTP 2.1 for SQL Server 2017 a set of new environment variables are available....
View ArticleLinux Administrative Basics For The SQL Server DBA
David Klee continues his SQL Server on Linux series with a discussion of basic Linux installation and usage: You’ll want to learn the syntax for one of the console-based text editors. My personal...
View ArticleJupyter And Kubernetes
David Crook shows how to use Jupyter notebooks inside Kubernetes: We start with a 16.04 image, we run some upgrades, install python, upgrade pip, install our requirements and expose port 8888...
View ArticleInstalling Linux And Then SQL Server On Linux
David Alcock has a couple posts covering installation of SQL Server on a brand new Ubuntu VM. First, David installs Ubuntu: The system requirements for running SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04.2 contains...
View ArticleLinux SMO In Powershell Core
Max Trinidad wins the technology mix-in competition of the day, using Powershell Core to access SQL Server SMO on a Linux instance: In my case, I got various systems setup: Windows and Ubuntu 16.04....
View ArticleCross-Platform Powershell Remoting
Anthony Nocentino shows how to enter Powershell sessions using OpenSSH-basted remoting: Nothing special here, simple syntax, but the seasoned PowerShell remoting pro will notice that we’re using a new...
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