I have a same question. I have Surface pro X SQ which win 11 on it. However, it is go with Microsoft® SQ1™. I found it is the ARM with 64 bit. When I install SQL Server 2022 on it, SQL Server failed with exit code 2068052294. So I cannot install SQL Server on the ARM architecture, can I?
Will ARM CPU architecture be supported for SQL Server ?
Hello,
I would like to kindly ask if there are any plans for the SQL Server (current or the coming 2022 version) to support the ARM CPU architecture. You know, I think quite many Mac users might be using the SQL Server 2017/2019 docker images for development but as people now switch to the new ARM-based laptops, the existing docker images for the fully-fledged SQL Server just won't work there.
Thank you for any response to this.
Please see also the link to github discussion thread on this topic:
https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-docker/issues/668
With regards,
Jakub J.
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Seeya Xi-MSFT 16,461 Reputation points
2021-11-17T09:24:31.58+00:00 Hi @Jakub Janiš ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
Will ARM CPU architecture be supported for SQL Server ?
Processor Type
x64 Processor: AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support
You should pay more attention to: Installation of SQL Server is supported on x64 processors only. It is no longer supported on x86 processors.Best regards,
Seeya
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Paul Holmes 6 Reputation points
2022-02-20T01:24:56.677+00:00 You install and run ARM64 SQL Server on an M1 Mac using Docker. It’s the SQL Server engine minus a few of the lesser used parts such as memory based tables.
I have it running, and it’s FAST. As well as using Azure Data Studio on the Mac, I can also connect to it from SSMS on a PC on the same network.
Here’s how to install. It took me about 10 minutes to install and have it running.
https://database.guide/how-to-install-sql-server-on-an-m1-mac-arm64/
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Olaf Helper 43,161 Reputation points
2021-11-17T07:26:58.813+00:00 See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/install/hardware-and-software-requirements-for-installing-sql-server-ver15?view=sql-server-ver15#pmosr
Only supported CPU are x64 types and I can't imagine this will change in near future.