SQL Server 2025 is generally available on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Microsoft has announced the General Availability (GA) of SQL Server 2025 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, starting with the CU1 release. This milestone allows enterprises to deploy mission-critical workloads on our latest Long Term Support release, benefiting from predictable stability and up-to-date kernels.

Update your repository

If you have been testing the preview version, you must switch your repository configuration to ensure you are on the production track. To switch your repository configuration, update your source 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.

Enhancements for Linux

SQL Server 2025 CU1 introduces specific improvements for managing databases on Linux infrastructure.

New Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) now expose OS-level metrics directly to database administrators. Views such as sys.dm_os_linux_cpu_stats and sys.dm_os_linux_disk_stats help distinguish between database-specific bottlenecks and infrastructure issues. The release also includes sys.dm_os_linux_net_stats, which provides real-time network interface statistics to troubleshoot connectivity and throughput.

We also see improvements in Contained Availability Groups (CAG). Administrators can now enable database creation and restoration directly within a CAG session using sp_set_session_context. This simplifies lifecycle operations while maintaining strict access controls: only users with the dbcreator role can create databases, while the db_owner or sysadmin roles are required for restoration.

Enterprise security

For organizations with strict compliance requirements, Ubuntu Pro is the preferred choice. It extends the standard LTS security coverage to the full software stack covered in Universe and offers FIPS compliance, which is critical for many regulated SQL Server workloads.

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You can install the production-ready version of SQL Server 2025 on Ubuntu 24.04 today by following the official installation guide.