How to Install SQL Server

SQL Server used to be available on Windows machines only. If you didn’t have Windows, you didn’t install SQL Server.

Now, SQL Server is available on Windows, Linux, and even Mac (via Docker containers).

This obviously means that an article titled “how to install SQL Server” is not as simple as it used to be!

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How to Setup Database Mail in SQL Server (SSMS)

This article shows you how to setup Database Mail for the first time on a new SQL Server installation.

As with many things SQL Server, you can configure Database Mail via the SSMS GUI, or you can do it using T-SQL code.

This article covers the SSMS GUI option. If you’re interested in the T-SQL option, see How to Send Email in SQL Server (T-SQL).

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Install Azure Data Studio on Ubuntu 18.04

Azure Data Studio is a graphical tool for managing databases.

It is available on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. On Linux it’s available on Red Hat (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu.

Below is a step-by-step guide to installing Azure Data Studio on Ubuntu 18.04 via the GUI. Screenshots included.

I’ve also provided the commands for installation via the command-line in case you prefer that method.

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