Σήμερα ο Satya Nadella , CEO της Microsoft στα πλαίσια του keynote του Microsoft Ignite ανακοίνωσε την έλευση του SQL Server 2016. Φυσικά αμέσως υπήρχαν και οι απαραίτητες αναρτήσεις στο msdn / TechNet όπου πλέον υπάρχει το datasheet για την νέα έκδοση και τα περιεχόμενα του είναι τα παρακάτω 

MISSION CRITICAL PERFORMANCE

New Performance Enhancements

• Operational Analytics: Insights on operational data, works with in-memory OLTP or on disk
• In-memory OLTP enhancements: Greater T-SQL surface area, terabytes of memory supported and greater number of parallel CPUs
• Query Data Store: Monitor and optimize query plans with full history of query execution
• Native JSON: Parsing & storing of JSON as relational data & exporting relational to JSON
• Temporal Database: Track historical changes

Security Upgrades

• Always Encrypted: Help protect data at rest and in motion with the master key residing with the  application & no application changes required
• Row Level Security: Apply fine-grained access control to table rows based on users rights
• Dynamic Data Masking: Real-time obfuscation of data to prevent unauthorized access

Even Higher Availability

Enhanced AlwaysOn:

• Up to 3 synchronous replicas for auto failover across domains
• Round-robin load balancing of replicas
• DTC & SSIS support
• Automatic failover based on database health

Improved Scalability

• Enhanced Database Caching: Cache data with automatic, multiple TempDB files per instance in multi-core environments
• Support for Windows Server 2016

DEEPER INSIGHTS ACROSS DATA

Access Any Data

• PolyBase: Manage relational & non-relational data with the simplicity of T-SQL
• Power Query for Analytics and Reporting: Pull data from countless sources into data models and reports
• Enhanced SSIS: Designer support for previous SSIS versions and support for Power Query

Scale and Manage

• Enterprise-grade Analysis Services: Enhanced performance and scalability for Analysis Services
• Single SSDT in Visual Studio 2015:  Build richer analytics solutions as part of your development projects in Visual Studio through a single tool.
• Enhanced MDS: Excel add-in 15X faster, more granular security roles, archival options for transaction logs, and reuse entities across models

Powerful Insights on any device

• Mobile BI: Business insights for your on-premises data through rich visualization on mobile devices with native apps for Windows, iOS and Android
• Enhanced Reporting Services: New modern reports with rich visualizations

Built-in Advanced Analytics

• Built-in Advanced Analytics: Bringing predictive analytic algorithms directly in SQL Server.  Expand your “R” script library with Microsoft Azure Marketplace

HYPERSCALE CLOUD

Hybrid Solutions

• Stretch Database: Stretch operational tables in a secure manner into Azure for cost effective historic data availability works with Always Encrypted and Row Level Security
• PowerBI with on-premises data: New interactive query with Analysis Services. Customer data stays behind your firewall
• Hybrid Scenarios with SSIS: Azure Data Factory integration with SSIS, package lineage and impact analysis and connect SSIS to cloud data source
• Enhanced Backup to Azure: X faster restore and 50% reduction in storage, support larger DBs with Block blobs and custom backup schedule with local staging

Simplicity

• Easy migration of on-premises SQL Server: Simple point and click migration to Azure
• Simplified Add Azure Replica Wizard: Simplified hybrid HA & DR with AlwaysOn

Consistency

• Common Development, Management and Identity Tools: Including Active Directory, Visual Studio, Hyper-V and System Center
• Consistent Experience from SQL Server on-premises to Microsoft Azure IaaS and PaaS

Όλα τα παραπάνω μπορείτε να τα δείτε από το επίσημο link http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server-2016/

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