Below is a list of new features added in the SQL Server 2017 database engine.

Support for Linux and Mac

For the first time since SQL Server was introduced back in 1989, SQL Server is available on Linux (Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu) and Docker.  This means you can also install SQL Server 2017 on a Mac (by using a Linux image in a Docker container).

The initial release of SQL Server 2017 for Linux doesn’t include the full set of features available in the Windows release, but it’s a good start.  Microsoft has stated that it is working on including more features in future releases.

For now, here’s a list of the main features available in SQL Server 2017 for Linux (as of its initial release).
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