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Consistent experience from on-premises to cloud
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• Sustain the sales momentum with clear differentiation in value prop for SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition
• Motivate customers to upgrade to achieve their business goals
• Get new apps to use SQL Server to take advantage of SQL Server 2016 capabilities and features
• Delight developers and ISVs with features and functionality
SQL Server SKU strategy principles
Core considerations in design:
Microsoft Confidential
EnterpriseMission critical apps, enterprise-scale data warehousing, end-to-end mobile BI and advanced analytics
Licensing changes in 2016More built-in to what you are already buying
EnterpriseMission critical apps, large-scale data warehousing
Business IntelligencePremium corporate and self-service BI
StandardBasic database, reporting and analytics
ExpressEasy to get started—free to use
SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2016
StandardBasic database with disk-based performance and reporting & analytics
ExpressEasy to get started—free to use
Subject to NDA
SQL Server 2016 Editions
Enterprise Standard
Express
SMALL-SCALE DATABASES
Development and
management tools
Easy backup and restore
to Microsoft Azure
NON-BUSINESS CRITICAL DATABASES
WITH MODERATE PERFORMANCE
Basic security and availability
Basic reporting
Basic analytics
Hybrid scenarios: Stretch Database,
backup
MISSION CRITICAL IN-MEMORY PERFORMANCE,
SECURITY AND HIGH AVAILABILITY
Enhanced in-memory performance for all workloads
Most secure database with Always Encrypted
PB scale data warehousing
End-to-end mobile BI with rich visualizations on all
major platforms
Advanced analytics built-in at scale with R plus
in-memory
Enhanced hybrid scenarios including Stretch Database,
HA, DR and backup
Note: Text in blue indicates new feature for 2016
Subject to NDA
SQL Server 2016 editions – what’s new
• Basic tabular (16GB memory per instance)
• Modernized reports
• Pin report to Power BI
• Enhanced multi-dimensional models
• PolyBase (compute node only)
• Support for JSON
• Row-level security
• Dynamic data masking
• Basic auditing
• Separation of duties
• Disk-based OLTP
• 24 cores max and 128 GB max memory
• 2-node single database failover (non-readable secondary)
• Temporal
• Single-threaded for RRE
• Connectivity to R Open
• End-to-end mobile BI on all major platforms
• Enhanced direct query
• In-memory analytics
• Advanced data mining
• Advanced tabular
• Web portal experience (all reports in 1 place)
• Modernized reports
• Pin report to Power BI
• Enhanced multi-dimensional models
• Enhanced in-memory ColumnStore
• PolyBase in scale-out configuration (head and compute nodes)
• Deployment rights for APS
• Distributed query processing
• Support for JSON
• Always Encrypted
• Row-level security
• Dynamic data masking
• Enhanced separation of duties
• Enhanced SQL Server auditing
• Transparent data encryption
• OS max cores and memory
• Enhanced in-memory OLTP performance
• Operational analytics
• Enhanced AlwaysOn with no domain join (WS 2016)
• QueryStore
• Temporal
• In database Advanced Analytics
• R integration with massive parallel processing for performance and scale
• Works with in-memory technology
• Run in database or standalone
• Connectivity to R Open
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Sta
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• Stretch Database
• Backup to Azure
• Stretch Database
• Enhanced backup to Azure
• Enhanced HA and DR with Azure – ease of use, no domain join (WS2016)
• SSIS integration with Azure Data Factory and Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Enterprise includes all Standard features.
• PolyBase (compute node only)
• Support for JSON
Subject to NDA
Dramatically simplify HA & DRThe 9s you need for mission critical workloadsEnterprise Edition Availability
with Enhanced AlwaysOnNEW
Standard Edition High AvailabilityNEW
MISSION CRITICAL HA + hybrid DR
• Multiple node failover clustering
(3 synchronous, up to 8 replicas)
• Multiple database failover as a group
• Fully readable secondaries for backup or reporting
operations
• No domain join required with WS 2016
Enterprise
BASIC HA
• Two node failover (1 active, 1 passive)
• Single database failover to non-readable secondary
• Database snapshots for reporting
• No domain join required with WS 2016
Standard
Enterprise includes all Standard features. Subject to NDA
Tabular modelsEasily build the model you need—get insights faster
• OS max memory capacity per instance to support
larger models
• Faster performance through parallel processing
of partitions
• Reduced complexity with perspectives
• Real-time access without moving data with
Direct Query storage mode
Enterprise
• 16 GB memory capacity per instance
• Hierarchies and KPIs
• Translations
• DAX calculations, queries and MDX queries
• Row-level security
• In-memory storage mode
StandardMDX Query
DAX Query
Direct access without moving data
Enterprise includes all Standard features. Subject to NDA
Advanced AnalyticsBring Advanced Analytics to your data
• R built-in to your T-SQL
• Enhanced R APIs with full parallelism and no
memory limits for scale/performance
• Built-in In-memory Advanced Analytics
• Advanced tabular model
• Direct query
• Advanced data mining
• SSDT in Visual Studio
Enterprise
• Connectivity to Microsoft “R” Open
• R APIs with serial execution and memory limitations
(2 cores & memory of the host
machine)
Standard
R built-in to SQL Server
Mission critical OLTP
Enterprise includes all Standard features. Subject to NDA
Pricing & Licensing Summary SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2016 Net Change
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• Standard Per-Core and Server + CAL
• Enterprise Per-Core
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• Primary License with active SA grants
secondary running “Warm” instance
• License Mobility for SA overrides 90 day
reassignment rule.
• Primary License with active SA grants
secondary running “Warm” instance
• License Mobility for SA overrides 90 day
reassignment rule..
• SQL PDW licensed through PDW
software SKU
• SQL PDW software SKU discontinued • PDW licensed through SQL EE Per Core
• Introduction of Failover Servers benefit for cloud deployments using license mobility • Introduction of Failover Servers benefit
for cloud deployments (introduced in
Dec. 2015).
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• SQL BI Server offered for Server + CAL
deployments
• SQL BI Server is no longer offered • Transition paths in place for customers
who purchased BI edition with SA
Subject to NDA
Appendix
Standard Enterprise
Maximum number of cores New 24 cores Unlimited
Maximum memory utilized per instance 128 GB OS Max
Maximum size 524 PB 524 PB
Basic OLTP
Basic high availability (2-node single database failover, non-readable secondary) New
Manageability (Management Studio, Policy-Based Management)
Enterprise data management (Master Data Services, Data Quality Services)
Advanced OLTP (In-memory OLTP, Operational analytics) New
Advanced HA (Always On - multi-node, multi-db failover, readable secondaries)
Basic security (Row-level security, data masking, basic auditing, separation of duties) New
Advanced security (Transparent Data Encryption, Always Encrypted) New
Advanced data integration (Fuzzy grouping and look ups, change data capture)
Data warehousing (In-Memory ColumnStore, Partitioning) New
Programmability & Developer Tools (T-SQL, CLR, Data Types, FileTable, JSON) New
Basic data integration (SSIS, built-in connectors)
Basic reporting & analytics
Basic Corporate Business Intelligence (Multi-dimensional models, Basic tabular model) New
Mobile BI (Datazen) New
Advanced Corporate Business Intelligence (Advanced tabular model, Direct query,
in-memory analytics, advanced data mining) New
Basic “R” integration (Connectivity to R Open, Limited parallelism for RRE) New
Advanced “R” integration (Full parallelism for RRE) New
Stretch Database New
SQL Server 2016 features by edition – Subject to NDA
Pricing & Licensing with details for Standard & BISQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2016 Net Change
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• Standard Per-Core and Server + CAL
• Enterprise Per-Core
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pricing models are unchanged)
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• Primary License with active SA grants
secondary running “Warm” instance
• License Mobility for SA overrides 90 day
reassignment rule
• Standard edition licensed for 16 cores.
• Primary License with active SA grants
secondary running “Warm” instance
• License Mobility for SA overrides 90 day
reassignment rule.
• Standard edition licensed for 24 cores.
• Change in Standard edition which is
licensed for up to 24 cores (from 16).
• SQL PDW licensed through PDW
software SKU
• SQL PDW software SKU discontinued • PDW licensed through SQL EE Per Core
• Introduction of Failover Servers benefit for cloud deployments using license mobility • Introduction of Failover Servers benefit
for cloud deployments (introduced in
Dec. 2015).
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• SQL BI Server offered for Server + CAL
deployments
• SQL BI Server is no longer offered • Customers with active SA at SQL 2016
GA will be migrated to SQL EE Server +
CAL at SA renewal
• EA customers get a single true up,
capped at 25% of BI server license count
Subject to NDA
How the license grant will work:
• At post SQL 2016 GA SA renewal, customer may
renew BI Server SA into SQL Server EE SA
• Servers on the customer agreement at the time of
announce (and that will have SA coverage at SQL
2016 GA) are eligible for the grant
• Grant is 1 BI Server SA to 1 SQL EE Server SA (1 to 1)
• EA customers will eligible for a single true up, with a
cap of 25% additional of their BI Server estate
EA Example Scenario:
SQL 2016 BI Server License Grant
• BI Server customers with
active Software
Assurance transition to
SQL EE Server (Server +
CAL)
• Grant preserves the
customer investment in a
Server + CAL model while
providing advanced BI
• No cost increase to the
customer; BI Server was
priced the same as EE
Server
With the
introduction of
SQL Server
2016, BI Server
will no longer
be offered
Grant
AnnouncementSQL 2016 GA 1st True Up
Customer has 4
BI Servers
covered under
their EA
Customer has active SA
Customer can renew
SA into 5 EE Servers• 4 original BI Servers
• 1 EE Server True Up
(25% of the BI estate)
Subject to NDAMicrosoft confidential
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• Always Encrypted
• Row-level security
• Dynamic data masking
• Separation of duties
• Transparent Data Encryption
• Contained database authentication
• Full SQL Server auditing
Enterprise
NEW SECURITY FEATURES
• Row-level security
• Dynamic data masking
• Separation of duties
• Basic auditing
Standard
Enterprise includes all Standard features. Subject to NDA
Data warehousing#1 price/performance
On-premises, cloud, or hybrid
• Enhanced in-memory ColumnStore
• Deployment rights for APS
• Distributed query processing
• Enhanced In-memory ColumnStore for DW
• PolyBase head nodes for simple T-SQL to query
structured and unstructured data
• PolyBase in scale-out configuration (head and
compute nodes)
• Enhanced database caching
• Up to 15,000 partitions
Enterprise
• PolyBase compute nodes
• Support for JSON
Standard
Consistent experience from on-premises to cloud
+
SQL Serverin Azure VM
Azure SQL Data Warehouse
SMP MPP
Petabyte-scale
Data marts
SMP
SQL Server + Analytics Platform System
MPP
SQL Server
Data marts Petabyte-scale
Enterprise includes all Standard features. Subject to NDA
SQL Server Reporting ServicesReporting for all devices and formats
• Create mobile reports using the SQL Server Mobile
Report Publisher
• Consume with Power BI mobile apps
Enterprise
• Export to Excel, PDF, Word, PDF and PPT
• Modern paginated reports
• Report Server
• Report Designer
• SQL Server Reporting Services Web Portal
• Role-based security
• SharePoint integration
StandardTabular models
NEW
Tabular models
Enterprise includes all Standard features. Subject to NDA
Introducing SQL Server 2016 R ServicesEnterprise-scale data science—built-in
Enterprise speed & performance
Near-DB analytics
Parallel threading & processing
Model on-premises, store in cloud—or vice versa
Hybrid memory & disk scalability
Not bound by memory-enabling limits of larger datasets
Included in SQL Server 2016
Reuse and optimize existing R code
Eliminate data movement across machines
Write once, deploy anywhere
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Subject to NDA
Stretch DatabaseFor cost effective hybrid data warehousing
• Stretch DB with Always Encrypted
• Partitioning for efficient data loading
• Hybrid scenarios with SSIS
• Enhanced backup to Azure
• Easy migration to the cloud
• Simplified cloud DR with AlwaysOn replicas
• Resource Governor enhancements
Enterprise
• Stretch DB
• Backup of previous versions of SQL Server to Azure
• Cloud back-up encryption support
• Larger SQL Server VMs and memory sizes on Azure
• SQL Server Data Tools
• Import/export with Azure SQL DB
• Express Route support
Standard
Stretch Database
with Always Encrypted
Order history
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Alta Levy nx290pldo90l 4/27/2005
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Sara Wiley mci12hh906fj 6/07/2005
Order history
Name SSN Date
Philip Wenger cm61ba906fd 2/28/2005
Denny Usher ox7ff654ae6d 3/18/2005
Alicia Hodge i2y36cg776rg 4/10/2005
Alta Levy nx290pldo90l 4/27/2005
Customer data
Product data
Order History
Stretch to cloud
App
Query
Microsoft Azure
Denny Usher ox7ff654ae6d 3/18/2005
Enterprise includes all Standard features. Subject to NDA
SQL Server 2016 Enterprise
• End-to-end mobile BI on all major platforms
• Enhanced direct query
• In-memory analytics
• Advanced data mining
• Advanced tabular
• Web portal experience (all reports in 1 place)
• Modernized reports
• Pin report to Power BI
• Enhanced multi-dimensional models
• Enhanced in-memory ColumnStore
• PolyBase in scale-out configuration (head and compute nodes)
• Deployment rights for APS
• Distributed query processing
• Support for JSON
• Always Encrypted
• Row-level security
• Dynamic data masking
• Enhanced separation of duties
• Enhanced SQL Server auditing
• Transparent data encryption
• OS max cores and memory
• Enhanced in-memory OLTP performance
• Operational analytics
• Enhanced AlwaysOn with no domain join (WS 2016)
• QueryStore
• Temporal
• In database Advanced Analytics
• R integration with massive parallel processing for performance and scale
• Works with in-memory technology
• Run in database or standalone
• Connectivity to R Open
En
terp
rise
• Stretch Database
• Enhanced backup to Azure
• Enhanced HA and DR with Azure – ease of use, no domain join (WS2016)
• SSIS integration with Azure Data Factory and Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Enterprise includes all Standard features. Subject to NDA
SQL Server 2016 Standard
• Basic tabular (16GB memory per instance)
• Modernized reports
• Pin report to Power BI
• Enhanced multi-dimensional models
• PolyBase (compute node only)
• Support for JSON
• Row-level security
• Dynamic data masking
• Basic auditing
• Separation of duties
• Disk-based OLTP
• 24 cores max and 128 GB max memory
• 2-node single database failover (non-readable secondary)
• Temporal
• Single-threaded for RRE
• Connectivity to R Open
Sta
nd
ard
• Stretch Database
• Backup to Azure
Subject to NDA
What’s new in SQL Server 2016 since 2014
Mobile BI
Enhanced SSIS
Enterprise-grade Analysis Services
Advanced tabular models
JSON support
Enhanced DQS
Enhanced MDS
Enhanced Reporting Services
Temporal tables
In-memory analytics
Advanced data mining
Access to reports online or offline
Create mobile reports using the
SQL Server Mobile Report
Publisher
Consume with Power BI mobile
apps
Operational analytics
In-memory ColumnStore
Deployment rights for APS
Enhanced In-memory ColumnStore
for DW
PolyBase for simple T-SQL
to query structured and
unstructured data
Enhanced database caching
Up to 15,000 partitions
Transparent Data Encryption
Always Encrypted
Real-time operational analytics
with in-memory OLTP or on disk
In-memory for more applications
Unparalleled scalability with
Windows Server 2016, with 12TB
memory and Windows Server
2016 max cores
Multiple node failover clustering
(3 synchronous, up to 8 replicas)
SQL Server Development Tools in
Visual Studio
Query Store
Temporal support
R built-in to your T-SQL
RRE APIs with full parallelism and
no memory limits for
scale/performance
Built-in In-memory Advanced
Analytics
Advanced tabular model
Direct query
Advanced data mining
Stretch database
Partitioning for efficient
data loading
Hybrid scenarios with SSIS
Enhanced backup to Azure
Easy migration to the cloud
Simplified cloud DR with AlwaysOn
replicas
Subject to NDA
What’s new in SQL Server 2016 since 2012
Mobile BI
Enhanced SSIS
Enterprise-grade Analysis Services
Advanced tabular models
Enhanced multidimensional
models
JSON support
Enhanced DQS
Enhanced MDS
Enhanced Reporting Services
Temporal tables
In-memory analytics
Advanced data mining
Create mobile reports using the
SQL Server Mobile Report
Publisher
Consume with Power BI mobile
apps on all major platforms
Azure HDInsight Service
Pin report items to Power BI
Power Map for Excel
Mobile BI interfaces for Power BI
Operational analytics
In-memory ColumnStore
Deployment rights for APS
Enhanced In-memory ColumnStore
for DW
PolyBase for simple T-SQL to query
structured and unstructured data
Enhanced database caching
Up to 15,000 partitions
Analytics Platform System
Transparent Data Encryption
Always Encrypted
Enhanced separation of duties
CC certification at High Assurance
Level for 2014
Backup encryption support
Real-time operational analytics
with in-memory OLTP or on disk
In-memory for more applications
Unparalleled scalability with
Windows Server 2016, with 12TB
memory and Windows Server 2016
max cores
Enhanced AlwaysOn, with 8
secondaries and Replica Wizard
Multiple node failover clustering (3
synchronous, up to 8 replicas)
In memory OLTP
Buffer Pool Extension to SSDs
Enhanced query processing
Resource Governor adds IO
governance
SysPrep as cluster level
Predictable performance with
tiering of compute, network and
story with Windows Server 2012 R2
Delayed Durability
Clustered Shared Volume support,
VHDX support (Windows Server
2012 R2)
Manage on-premises and cloud
apps (System Center 2012 R2)
Query optimization enhancements
Query Store
Temporal support
R built-in to your T-SQL
RRE APIs with full parallelism and
no memory limits for
scale/performance
Built-in In-memory Advanced
Analytics
Advanced tabular model
Direct query
Advanced data mining
Stretch database
Partitioning for efficient
data loading
Hybrid scenarios with SSIS
Enhanced backup to Azure
Easy migration to the cloud
Simplified cloud DR with AlwaysOn
replicas
Simplified backup to Azure
Support for backup of previous
versions of SQL Server to Azure
Cloud back-up encryption support
Simplified cloud Disaster Recovery
with AlwaysOn replicas in Azure
VMs
New Azure Deployment UI for SQL
Server
Larger SQL Server VMs and
memory sizes available in Azure
Subject to NDA
Enhanced productivity and performance
Power View
Configurable reporting alerts
Reporting as SharePoint Shared Service
Build organization knowledge base
Connect to 3rd party data cleansing
providers
Master Data Hub
Master Data Services Add-in for Excel
Graphical tools in SSIS
Extensible object model
SSIS as a Server
Broader data integration with more
sources: DB vendors, cloud, Hadoop
Pipeline improvements
SQL Server Data Tools
Local DB runtime (Express)
Data-tier application component project
template
Data-Tier Application Framework (DAC Fx)
Interoperability support (ADO.NET,
ODBC, JDBC, PDO, ADO APIs and .NET
C/C++, Java, Linux and PHP platforms)
Enhanced support for ANSI SQL
standards
Transact-SQL Static Code Analysis tools
Transact-SQL code snippets
Intellisense
FileTable build on FILESTREAM
Remote Blob Storage with SharePoint
2010
Statistical Semantic Search
Spatial features, include Full Globe and
arcs
Large user-defined data types
Distributed Replay
Contained Database Authentication
System Center Management Pack
for SQL Server 2012
Windows PowerShell 2.0 support
Multi-server Management with SQL
Server Utility Control Point
Data Tier Application Component
What’s new in SQL Server 2016 since 2008 R2
Mobile BI
Enhanced SSIS
Enterprise-grade Analysis Services
Advanced tabular models
In-memory analytics
Enhanced multidimensional models
JSON support
Enhanced DQS
Enhanced MDS
Modern Reporting Services
Temporal tables
Advanced data mining
Create mobile reports using the SQL
Server Mobile Report Publisher
Consume with Power BI mobile apps
Azure HDInsight Service
Power BI
Power Map for Excel
Mash up data from different sources,
such as Oracle & Hadoop
HA for StreamInsight, complex event
processing
SQL Server Data Tools support for BI
Change Data Capture for Oracle
Import PowerPivot models into Analysis
Services
Transparent Data Encryption
Always Encrypted
Enhanced separation of duty
CC certification at High Assurance Level
for 2014
Backup encryption support
Enhanced separation of duties
Default schema for groups
SQL Server Audit
SQL Server fine-grained auditing
Real-time operational analytics with
in-memory OLTP or on disk
In-memory for more applications
Unparalleled scalability with Windows
Server 2016, with 12TB memory and
Windows Server 2016 max cores
Enhanced AlwaysOn, with 8 secondaries
and Replica Wizard
Multiple node failover clustering (3
synchronous, up to 8 replicas)
In memory OLTP
Buffer Pool Extension to SSDs
Enhanced query processing
Resource Governor adds IO governance
SysPrep as cluster level
Predictable performance with tiering of
compute, network and story with
Windows Server 2012 R2
Delayed Durability
Clustered Shared Volume support, VHDX
support (Windows Server 2012 R2)
Manage on-premises and cloud apps
(System Center 2012 R2)
Query optimization enhancements
Recovery Advisor
Windows Server Core
Live Migration
Online operations enhancements
Query Store
Temporal support
R built-in to your T-SQL
RRE APIs with full parallelism and no
memory limits for scale/performance
Built-in In-memory Advanced Analytics
Advanced tabular model
Direct query
Advanced data mining
SSDT in Visual Studio
Stretch database
Partitioning for efficient data loading
Hybrid scenarios with SSIS
Enhanced backup to Azure
Easy migration to the cloud
Simplified cloud DR with AlwaysOn
replicas
Simplified backup to Azure
Support for backup of previous
versions of SQL Server to Azure
Cloud back-up encryption support
Simplified cloud Disaster Recovery with
AlwaysOn replicas in Azure VMs
New Azure Deployment UI for SQL
Server
Larger SQL Server VMs and memory
sizes available in Azure
DAC enhancements: Import/export with
Azure SQL Database
SQL Server Data Tools
License Monthly (with SA)
Resource Governor enhancements
Snapshot backups to Azure via SQL
Server Management Studio
Operational analytics
In-memory ColumnStore
Deployment rights for APS
Enhanced In-memory ColumnStore
for DW
PolyBase for simple T-SQL to query
structured and unstructured data
Enhanced database caching
Up to 15,000 partitions
Analytics Platform System
Subject to NDA