SQL Server 2016 was announced at Microsoft Ignite in May, and the first community technology preview (CTP) was released 3 weeks later. The most recent updates for SQL 2016 are CTP 3.0, which was released in October, and the newest release, CTP 3.1. So what are some of the features that Tech Target has called out as the top 4 features in SQL Server 2016?
- In-memory OLTP broadens its reach
In-memory online transaction processing (OLTP) was first introduced in 2014, but 2016 is where it really hits its stride, getting some of the limitations removed. For example, in 2014, the memory-optimized tables were capped off at 256GB of memory, but 2016 raises the limit to 2TB. Plus, it's now possible to edit memory-optimized tables after creating them! - Security offers encryption option
2016 comes with a few new security features including Always...