I'm writing a small tut for who need to install SQL Server on macOS using docker Step 1: Download the SQL Server Image sudo docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest Step 2: Launch the SQL Server Image in Docker docker run -d --name example_sql_server -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e 'SA_PASSWORD=Pass.word-123' -p 1433:1433 mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest Step 3: Check the SQL Server Docker Container docker ps -a Step 4: Install SQL Server Command-Line Tool sudo npm install -g sql-cli Step 5: Connect to SQL Server 5.1 Using Command mssql -u sa -p Pass.word-123 5.2: Using VSCode to connect to sql server Using the extension SQL Server (mssql)