

"Ranga" Rengarajan provided more details in a blog post today.

You can read more about the new release in my earlier report.Ĭompany exec T.K. The new edition of the company's flagship relational database features enhanced in-memory performance, Always Encrypted security technology developed in the company's research unit, "stretch databases" that move data back and forth to the cloud when needed, built-in advanced analytics and many more. "It is the biggest leap forward in Microsoft's data platform history with real-time operational analytics, rich visualizations on mobile devices, built-in advanced analytics, new advanced security technology, and new hybrid cloud scenarios." "The first public preview of SQL Server 2016 is now available for download," the SQL Server 2016 Preview page says today. They didn't provide the public preview of SQL Server 2016 "this summer" as promised - they delivered today.
