Microsoft announced on the beginning of testing the candidate for releases of the Linux version of the DBMS SQL Server 2022 (RC 0). Installation packages are prepared for RHEL and ubuntu . Ready -made containers from SQL Server 2022 based on RHEL and UBUNTU distributions are also available for loading. For Windows, the SQL Server 2022 test production was formed on August 23.
It is noted that in addition to general new opportunities, SQL Server 2022 RC 0 also proposed several specific improvements for Linux. In particular, authentication support was added using Azure Active Directory (AAD), it is possible to change the parameter Required_Synchronized_Secondaries_to_commit for distributed accessibility groups, provided with analytics Azure Synapse Link (integration uses a RUNTIME installed on a Windows system in the same network).