From the course: SQL Server Containerization: Modern Deployment Strategies for Data-Driven Organizations

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- [Instructor] Let us take a few moments to summarize all this. Based on a platform abstraction layer, SQLPAL, Microsoft was able to ship SQL Server as an identical application on Linux as it does on Windows. SQL Server on Linux is available as a standalone application that can be deployed in a variety of distributions, but also in containers, which can then be deployed standalone. for example, for Docker or an orchestrated way, for example, on Kubernetes. All of these deployments methods provided the same flexibility and configuration options that you may already be using on Windows today, from a variety of storage options or features like the SQL Server Agent or active directory integration. In addition to self-managed containers, you can also deploy full grown solutions like Azure Arc SQL Managed instance. The fact that especially containers can be deployed within seconds makes them perfect candidates to be included…

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