Microsoft SQL Server 2017 is now available, and here is its news
Although we don't know it or see it, most of the web pages and networks we connect to on a daily basis are made up of databases. Today we can find a wide variety of database software, such as MariaDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL, although one of the most experienced and used, especially in professional environments that have to manage huge databases. data, is Microsoft SQL Server, the database management system that uses the relational model developed by the company itself.
This database management system has long been a single system for Windows systems . However, as we have said many times, Microsoft's mindset is changing and, therefore, in addition to just launching the new Microsoft SQL Server 2017 , which we will see in detail below, this new version is the first that works. on Windows and Linux and also in of containers Docker .
As Microsoft announced some time ago, the company released the final version of its Microsoft SQL Server 2017 database software a few hours ago. Although ISO images have not yet been released , WZT, known to have Microsoft already filtered information and images several times, has posted download links to official Microsoft servers from where we can now download these new versions of the new version of this core manager Microsoft data.
This new version of Microsoft SQL Server 2017 is also available in 3 different editions: Rating, Express et Developer so that each user can choose the one that best suits their needs.
What's New in Microsoft SQL Server 2017
As we said, without a doubt, the most important novelty of this new version of this database manager is, without a doubt, its availability for linux . Therefore, most of the changes in all aspects, especially in security and performance, have been implemented with this operating system in mind.
New Microsoft SQL Server 2017 for Linux Has Advanced Security Measures , such as encryption, both of databases and all the traffic that comes from them, as well as advanced access control that allows us to both limit access to users how to monitor access . New features have also been added for database disaster recovery.
Beyond the new features included in the Linux version, within the functions of Microsoft SQL Server 2017, the collaborative work within companies has been improved , so that the results are much more consistent both when they are created by the IT technician and when they are studied by the responsible analyst.
SQL Graph is also one of the most important new features of this new version, a tool designed to facilitate the task of building applications from the information in these databases.
Finally, SQL databases are now compatible with the language of programming Python, which allows us to perform much more advanced analyzes thanks to this language, a function very requested by the most advanced users.
If we want to see all this news in detail, we can do so at from the following link , where each of them is explained by a technical video, ideal for those who work with these databases. If we want technical details on this new version, we can see them in the following link .
Have you ever worked with this Microsoft database manager? What do you like most and what do you like least about him?
