As the biggest leap forward in Microsofts data platform history, SQL Server 2016 delivers

breakthrough mission critical performance, deeper insights across any data on many devices
and enables the power of hyperscale cloud to unlock new hybrid scenarios.

In-memory
enhancements

MISSION CRITICAL
PERFORMANCE

DEEPER INSIGHTS
ACROSS DATA

HYPERSCALE
CLOUD

Operational analytics and

enhanced performance

Performance

Access Any Data

Enhanced in-memory
performance with up to
30x faster transactions,
more than 100x faster
queries than disk based
relational databases and
real-time operational
analytics.

Query relational and

non-relational data with
the simplicity of T-SQL
with PolyBase. Manage
document data with
native JSON support.

Breakthrough
hybrid scenarios

Security Upgrades

Enhanced performance,
scalability and usability
across SQL Server
Enterprise Information
Management tools and
Analysis Services.

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100X In-memory
ColumnStore

30X In-memory
OLTP

Real-time
operational
analytics

Advanced Analytics
In database analytics
at massive scale
New R scripts
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Extensibility

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Microsoft Azure Marketplace

R Integration

Analytic Library
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Data Scientist

Interact directly with data

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T-SQL Interface
Relational Data

Built-in to
SQL Server

Data Developer/DBA
Manage data and analytics
together

Example Solutions
Fraud detection
Sales forecasting
Warehouse efficiency
Predictive maintenance

Always Encrypted
technology helps protect
your data at rest and in
motion, on-premises and
in the cloud, with master
keys sitting with the
application, without any
application changes.

High Availability
Even higher availability
and performance than SQL
Server 2014 with AlwaysOn
secondaries with the
ability to have up to 3
synchronous replicas, DTC
support and round-robin
load balancing of the
secondaries.

Scalability
Enhanced database
caching across multiple
cores & support for
Windows Server 2016 that
efficiently scale compute,
networking and storage
in both physical and
virtual environments.

Scale and Manage

Powerful Insights on
any device
Business insights
through rich
visualizations on mobile
devices. Native apps for
Windows, iOS and
Android. New modern
reports for all browsers.

Advanced Analytics
at massive scale
Built-in advanced
analytics provide the
scalability and
performance benefits of
running your R
algorithms directly in
SQL Server. Expand your
analytics library with
Microsoft Azure
Marketplace.

Stretch Database
technology keeps
more of your
customers historical
data at your fingertips
by transparently
stretching your warm
and cold OLTP data to
Microsoft Azure ondemand without
application changes.

Simplicity
New tools that make
SQL Server migration
to Microsoft Azure and
hybrid scenarios even
easier.

Consistency
Consistent experience
from on-premises to
Microsoft Azure IaaS
& PaaS.

Hardware and Software

Requirements for
Installing SQL Server 2016
Once the public preview
is released you will be
able to find hardware and
software requirements at
the link below:
http://microsoft.com/
sqlserver2016

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MISSION CRITICAL
PERFORMANCE

DEEPER INSIGHTS
ACROSS DATA

HYPERSCALE CLOUD

New Performance Enhancements

Access Any Data

Hybrid Solutions

Operational Analytics: Insights on operational

data, works with in-memory OLTP or on disk

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

Stretch Database: Stretch operational tables in

a secure manner into Azure for cost effective
historic data availability. It 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 as well as 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

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 data 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

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

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

Powerful Insights on any device

Consistency

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

Common Development, Management and

Identity Tools: Including Active Directory,
Visual Studio, Hyper-V and System Center
Consistent Experience from SQL Server onpremises to Microsoft Azure IaaS and PaaS

Improved Scalability

Built-in Advanced Analytics

Enhanced Database Caching: Cache data with

automatic, multiple TempDB files per instance
in multi-core environments
Support for Windows Server 2016

Built-in Advanced Analytics: Bringing

predictive analytic algorithms directly into
SQL Server. Expand your R script library with
Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Always Encrypted

Mobile BI

Stretch Database

Trusted

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Microsoft
Azure

Result Set
Name

Order history

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ADO.NET
Library

SQL Server
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Master
Columnar
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Result Set
Name
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Encrypted
Columnar
key

Name
SSN
Country
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0x19ca706fbd9a 0x7ff654ae6d USA
ciphertext 1x59cm676rfd8b 0y8fj754ea2c USA dbo.Customers

Name
Jane Doe
Jim Gray
John Smith
Bill Brown
Sue Daniels
Sarah Jones
Jake Marks
Eric Mears
Dan Hogan
Sam Johns
David Simon
Mel Burns
Reed Dean

SSN
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