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General

The SQL Server roadmap is discussed in the chapter “Application Platform” in the Enterprise Software Roadmap.

SQL Server 2016 technical documents are at https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms130214.aspx.

Editions and components of SQL Server 2016 are outlined at msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms144275(v=sql.130).aspx.

Features supported in each edition of SQL Server 2016 are explained at msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc645993(v=sql.130).aspx.

Requirements for installing SQL Server 2016 are available at msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms143506(v=sql.130).aspx.

Compute capacity limits by edition of SQL Server are available at msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms143760.aspx.

Database Engine

An overview of In-Memory OLTP is at https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dn133186.aspx.

An overview of ColumnStore indexes is at msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg492088.aspx.

PolyBase capabilities are described at https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/mt143171.aspx.

PolyBase scale-out groups are explained at https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/mt607030.aspx.

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