The service is very fragile, and the process does not survive operating system restarts without some handholding. Summary: It works, but I don’t recommend it. Installation relied heavily on Windows compatibility mode, as well as renaming system files and the associated INI files that referred to those system files to avoid name collisions. SQL Server 6.5 (32-bit)Ĭomments: This was really tricky to get running, and it isn’t at all stable. Supported versions of SQL Server and Windows Server, adapted from a matrix by Glenn Berryīut I know you’re not here for supported versions, because this post is about what Randolph managed to get running on Windows Server 2019, which as you know is a 64-bit operating system. For official purposes, this is the list you should refer to: SQL Server Version Speaking of documentation, Glenn Berry has a nifty compatibility matrix to show what versions of SQL Server are supported on each version of Windows Server.
Last year when Windows Server 2019 was released I wanted to see which versions of SQL Server I could run on it, testing more the unwritten backward compatibility promise Microsoft has maintained over the last 45 years, rather than what the documentation says. I don’t consider myself a professional or hobbyist hacker, though if the shoe fits… One of my hobbies is trying to break technology so that you don’t have to.
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