SQL Server 2016 Release Date: 2016-06-01
Original news: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/05/02/get-ready-sql-server-2016-coming-on-june-1st/
- Standard Edition now goes up to 24 cores, and still just 128GB max memory
- Query Store will be available in all editions (including Express!)
- Always Encrypted is Enterprise only, thereby killing its adoption rate among ISVs
- In-memory analytics, R integration are Enterprise only
- Business Intelligence Edition is gone with the wind
- According to the newly released TPC-H benchmark Executive Summary, Enterprise Edition still costs around $7k USD per core
More detailed feature comparison by edition find here.
Original news: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/05/02/get-ready-sql-server-2016-coming-on-june-1st/
- Standard Edition now goes up to 24 cores, and still just 128GB max memory
- Query Store will be available in all editions (including Express!)
- Always Encrypted is Enterprise only, thereby killing its adoption rate among ISVs
- In-memory analytics, R integration are Enterprise only
- Business Intelligence Edition is gone with the wind
- According to the newly released TPC-H benchmark Executive Summary, Enterprise Edition still costs around $7k USD per core
More detailed feature comparison by edition find here.