Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2016

Download or read book Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2016 written by Stacia Varga and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Microsoft SQL Server 2016, a variety of new features and enhancements to the data platform deliver breakthrough performance, advanced security, and richer, integrated reporting and analytics capabilities. In this ebook, we introduce new security features: Always Encrypted, Row-Level Security, and dynamic data masking; discuss enhancements that enable you to better manage performance and storage: TemDB configuration, query store, and Stretch Database; review several improvements to Reporting Services; and also describe AlwaysOn Availability Groups, tabular enhancements, and R integration.