Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition

Whether your data is structured or unstructured, query and analyze it using the data platform with industry-leading performance and security.

### What you'll love about SQL Server 2019

#### Analyze every type of data

Gain insights from all your data by querying across relational, non-relational, structured, and unstructured data, for a complete picture of your business using SQL Server 2019 with Apache Spark built in.

#### Choose your language and platform

Get the flexibility to use the language and platform of your choice with open source support. Run SQL Server on Linux containers with Kubernetes support or on Windows.

#### Rely on industry-leading performance

Take advantage of breakthrough scalability and performance to improve the stability and response time of your database—without making app changes. Get high availability for mission-critical applications, data warehouses, and data lakes.

#### Trust nine years of proven security leadership

Achieve your security and compliance goals using the database rated as least vulnerable over the last nine years. Stay a step ahead using built-in features for data classification, data protection, and monitoring and alerts [1].

#### Make faster, better decisions

Turn data into answers using the enterprise reporting capabilities of SQL Server Reporting Services along with the included Power BI Report Server, which gives your users access to rich, interactive Power BI reports on any device.

### Operating System requirements for SQL Server Developer

- Windows 10 TH1 1507 or greater

- Windows Server 2016 or greater

### Package Specific

#### Package notes

This package will install SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition using an existing .iso file. If a path to an existing .iso is not supplied, it downloads the same .iso that can be obtained from the [SQL Server Basic Installer](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=853016)'s *Download Media* menu.

The initial release of this package is focused on installing and uninstalling a default instance of SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition.

Future plans include better support for non-default instances (including uninstalling).