Can I install SQL Server Management Studio on Ubuntu 16.04?

Can I install SQL Server Management Studio on Ubuntu 16.04?

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No. You can use SQL Server Management Studio on Windows to manage SQL Server on Linux but the software itself needs Windows. The link from Microsoft does have a tip about a new tool that can:

Tip

If you do not have a Windows machine to run SSMS on, consider the new SQL Server Operations Studio. It provides a graphical tool for managing SQL Server and runs on both Linux and Windows.

SQL Server Operations Studio is currently only available as a preview but does have a download to a DEB installer.

Installation after downloading the deb:

cd ~
sudo dpkg -i ./Downloads/sqlops-linux-<version string>.deb
sqlops

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You can use Visual Studio Code (from Linux, Windows, Mac) to connect to SQL Server.

Here is a tutorial how to connect to SQL Server on Azure.

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You can use Beekeeper Studio to manage multiple SQL databases.Beekeeper Studio

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Microsoft renamed SQL Server Operations Studio to Azure Data Studio. You can read about it and download it on this Microsoft official website:

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