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General

The SQL Server roadmap is discussed in the Enterprise Software Roadmap at https://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/roadmap/ref/sql-server.

SQL Server 2017 release notes are at https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/sql-server-2017-release-notes.

SQL Server 2016 is discussed in the July 2016 Research Report, “SQL Server 2016 Evaluation Guide.”

Database Engine

Database engine enhancements are discussed at https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/database-engine/whats-new-in-sql-server-2017.

An overview of In-Memory OLTP is at https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/in-memory-oltp/in-memory-oltp-in-memory-optimization.

An overview of ColumnStore indexes is at https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/indexes/columnstore-indexes-overview.

Temporal tables are discussed at https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/tables/temporal-tables.

Always On Availability Groups are explained at https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/database-engine/availability-groups/windows/always-on-availability-groups-sql-server.

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