Getting SQL Server 2025 RTM Running in Containers on macOS
SQL Server 2025 RTM is here, and if you’re running Docker on macOS, you might have hit a wall trying to get it running. Here’s what happened when I tried spinning up the latest container image and how I worked around it.
The Problem I was excited to test out SQL Server 2025 RTM in a container on my Mac, so I pulled up my trusty Docker command:
docker run -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" -e "MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=<password>" \ -p 1433:1433 --name sql1 --hostname sql1 \ -d \ mcr.