Sql Server 2019 Developer Edition Page

This is NOT a watered-down trial. It’s an packed with all the features of the Standard and Enterprise editions—completely free for development and testing.

CREATE USER [AppUser] WITH PASSWORD = 'strong...'; ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER [AppUser]; ALTER ROLE db_datawriter ADD MEMBER [AppUser]; sql server 2019 developer edition

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: It supports multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux (Ubuntu, SLES, RHEL), and macOS via Docker containers. This is NOT a watered-down trial

Many free databases (including SQL Server Express) have hard limits—10GB database size, no SQL Agent, no compression. Developer Edition has of these. You can build a 50TB database, use dynamic data masking, set up Always On Availability Groups, and test query store features without paying a cent. ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER [AppUser]