Announcing general availability of SQL Server 2025 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Announcing general availability of SQL Server 2025 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Why SQL Server 2025 on RHEL 10? Production-ready support on RHEL 10 Enhancements for Linux-based SQL Server deployments Enable database creation and restore in Contained Availability Group sessions Enhanced observability for SQL Server on RHEL New Linux DMVs Next steps and further reading Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Product trial About the authors Vivien Wang Attinder Pal Singh More like this Red Hat Enterprise Linux now available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud Getting started with socat, a multipurpose relay tool for Linux OS Wars_part 2: Rise of Linux | Command Line Heroes Days of Future Open | Command Line Heroes Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share The general availability (GA) of SQL Server 2025 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL) empowers enterprises to confidently deploy Microsoft SQL Server 2025 on Red Hat's latest enterprise Linux platform, combining Microsoft's modern, AI-ready database with the security, stability, and performance that RHEL is known for. Try it today on the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog. With SQL Server 2025 support on RHEL 10, organizations can run mission-critical SQL Server workloads on a platform built for hybrid cloud, edge, and AI-driven environments. This release reinforces our joint commitment to delivering a secure, high-performance, and enterprise-grade database experience on Linux, optimized for today's most demanding workloads. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is a powerful, high-performance platform designed with security, resilience, and enterprise scalability at its core. When paired with SQL Server 2025, customers benefit from: Post-quantum cryptography readiness and integrated hardware security support Operational simplicity with built-in AI-assisted management through Red Hat Lightspeed, reducing administrative overhead Hybrid cloud readiness optimized for on-premises, cloud, and edge deployments Enterprise reliability and compliance, trusted by organizations worldwide This makes RHEL 10 an ideal foundation for both development and production SQL Server workloads. To install the production-ready GA version of SQL Server 2025 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, it's important to update your repository configuration by switching from mssql-server-preview. repo to mssql-server-2025. repo. Continuing to use the preview repository may result in installing pre-release builds that are not intended for production workloads. See RHEL: Install SQL Server on Linux for installation instructions. mssql-server-preview.