SQL Select: 8 Great New Features in SQL Server 2016
May 6, 2015
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At this year’s inaugural Ignite Conference in held in Chicago Microsoft announced that the next release of SQL Server, previously referred to as SQL Server vNext, will officially be SQL Server 2016. There’s no doubt that SQL Server has been on a fast track release program and the upcoming SQL Server 2016 release will be just two short years after the last SQL Server 2014 release. For business critical enterprise software this is a torrid release cycle that many businesses will have trouble keeping up with. But Microsoft fully intends to make the SQL Server 2016 release worth getting. You can find out more about the upcoming SQL Server 2016 features at the SQL Server 2016 Preview page, and the SQL Server Blog. You might also check out the Ignite session SQL Server Evolution on Channel 9.
Here are eight great features to look for in SQL Server 2016.
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