Is there a developer edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2017 for Linux?
I have SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition installed on Ubuntu, which is free for development purposes:SQL Server 2016 SP1 Developer is a fully featured free edition licensed for use as a development and test database in a non-production environment. I wanted to install SQL Server 2017 on Ubuntu as well. For Windows, on the SQL Server download page, there are three options - a trial evaluation, SQL Express (free but limited), and SQL Developer (free for non-production environments).
However, for Linux, there's just links for installing on Red Hat, Ubuntu, or SUSE. When installed on Ubuntu, SQL Server 2017 (v.Next) says:
Enter the SQL Server system administrator password: Confirm the SQL Server system administrator password: Configuring SQL Server... This is an evaluation version. There are [174] days left in the evaluation period.
Is there a SQL Server 2017 Developers Edition for Linux? If so, where so I go to access it? Note: This isn't a question about licensing, per se; it's about whether a 2017 version of the product I'm alreasdy using is available. Is SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition free?
Yes, SQL Server2017 developer edition runs on Linux. It's the same SQL Server database engine, with many similar features and services regardless of your operating system. SQL Server 2019 is available! SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition is full-featured free edition that can be used to learn, develop and test SQL Server features and capabilities, run on Linux.