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Below is a quick reference guide of operating systems supported by the various SQL Server versions

Windows

Windows Server	2008	2008 R2	2012	2012 R2	2016	2019
SQL Server 2005	✔	✔	✖	✖	✖	✖
SQL Server 2008	✔	✔	✔ 7	✔ 5	✖	✖
SQL Server 2008 R2	✔	✔	✔ 6	✔ 4	✖	✖
SQL Server 2012	✔	✔	✔	✔ 3	✔ 2	✖
SQL Server 2014	✔ 9	✔ 8	✔	✔	✔ 1	✔
SQL Server 2016	✖	✖ 10	✔	✔	✔	✔
SQL Server 2017	✖	✖	✔	✔	✔	✔
SQL Server 2019	✖	✖	✔	✔	✔	✔

1. Requires SQL Server 2014 SP1 or later ref: here
2. Requires SQL Server 2012 SP2 or later ref: here
3. Requires SQL Server 2012 SP1 or later ref: here
4. Requires SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 or later ref: here
5. Requires SQL Server 2008 SP3 or later ref: here
6. Requires SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later ref: here
7. Requires SQL Server 2008 SP3 or later ref: here
8. Requires Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later ref: here
9. Requires Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later ref: here
10. Reporting Services – SharePoint & Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint products can both be installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2 or later ref: here

Linux

	SQL Server 2017	SQL Server 2019
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, or 7.6 Server	✔	✔
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Server		✔
SUSE Enterprise Linux Server v12 SP2	✔	✔
SUSE Enterprise Linux Server v12 SP3, SP4, or SP5		✔
Ubuntu 16.04LTS	✔	✔
Ubuntu 18.04		✔

• SQL Server 2017 ref: here
• SQL Server 2019 ref: here

Docker

	SQL Server 2017	SQL Server 2019
Docker Engine 1.8+ on Windows, Mac, or Linux	✔	✔

• SQL Server 2017 ref: here
• SQL Server 2019 ref: here