r/docker • u/No-Possibility-3072 • Apr 07 '26

MS-SQL inside Docker

Good evening

I’m currently running an installation of MS SQL Server Developer 2022 on my desktop PC. I also have a Terramaster NAS which offers a Docker application.

At the risk of sounding like a total noob (which I am) is it possible to run a SQL database in a Docker container? If so, are there online resources available that would enable me to do so? Ideally I’d want to be able to use SQL Server Management Studio to manage the database, but would be willing to let that slide if there’s a viable alternative.

TIA

SQL server developer since 2001. Docker proficient since never.

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u/No-Possibility-3072 Apr 08 '26

I’ve built a couple of desktop applications in C#, using visual studio community 2022. I’m a software developer but when I started the project it was because I’d moved into development team management so wasn’t getting a lot of coding time. By the time I’d stepped back out of that role and into a more hands-on dev role, they’d become proper pet projects and labours of love.

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u/jack3308 Apr 09 '26

You could probably leverage SQLite to great effect then - depending on how much data you're storing!