This tutorial guides students and new users on how to install Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (MS SQL) on Ubuntu 20.04 | 18.04 LTS servers. Although MS SQL is not open-source, it can operate on open-source Linux systems. The guide includes steps on how to install MS SQL, add SQL Server Repository, update and install MS SQL, complete the setup, verify the service is running and install additional tools. Notably, Ubuntu-based systems with at least 2 GB of memory are required.