Why move databases to SQL Server on Linux?
Our world is getting smaller, and all the while, technology is expanding to do more for more people. As with other data platforms, SQL Server has continued on its path to lead in Linux as it has in Windows for decades.
As agile development practices and DevOps become the norm, we are expected to move faster and with fewer environment silos. As teams begin to form across multiple technical areas, often including business stakeholders, SQL Server 2019 can also broaden to support all these areas.
The skills required to maintain a Windows server are very different than those required to support Linux. Although Linux is a "flavor" of Unix distribution, other direct Unix distributions, such as HP-UX and AIX, have mostly been abandoned for a unified Linux offering. Linux has become the preferred OS for this revolution.
Windows desktop installations still run the world, but research data has shown that Linux is the OS...