SQL Server consistently leads in TPC-E, TPC-H, and real-world application performance benchmarks. Plus, scale up to 640 logical processors when paired with Windows Server 2016—delivering the ability to have up to 12 TB of addressable memory.

Scale to petabytes of data for enterprise-grade relational data warehousing—and integrate with non-relational sources like Hadoop—using scale out, massively parallel processing from Microsoft Analytics Platform System. Support small data marts to large enterprise data warehouses while reducing storage needs with enhanced data compression.

Build comprehensive, analytic solutions with SQL Server Analysis Services, whether multidimensional models or tabular models in-memory for lightning fast performance. Fast access to data without storing it in Analysis Services using DirectQuery.

Empower business users across the organization with the right insights on any mobile device.

Use SQL Server Reporting Services to manage and provide secured access to your mobile and paginated reports and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) all in one place.

Get access to data, both big and small, with PolyBase technology that queries Hadoop data using simple Transact-SQL commands. In addition, new JSON support lets you parse and store JSON documents and output relational data into JSON files.

Build intelligent applications with SQL Server R Services. Move beyond reactive and into predictive and prescriptive analytics by performing advanced analytics directly within the database. By using multi-threading and massively parallel processing, you’ll gain insights faster than using open source R alone.

Manage fast-growing OLTP databases cost-effectively, keep historical data online and available, and have hot data quickly accessible with optimal performance. SQL Server Stretch Database stretches large SQL Server tables from SQL Server 2016 to Microsoft Azure—saving up to 40 percent over building out on-premises storage.

As the world’s first born-in-the-cloud database, SQL Server 2016 delivers a consistent experience from on-premises to the cloud—letting you build and deploy hybrid solutions for managing your data investments. Benefit from the flexibility to run SQL Server workloads in Azure Virtual Machines, or use Azure SQL Database to scale and further simplify database management.

Use the skills you already have, along with familiar tools like Azure Active Directory and SQL Server Management Studio, to manage your database infrastructure across on-premises SQL Server and Microsoft Azure. Apply industry-standard APIs across various platforms and download updated developer tools from Visual Studio to build next-generation web, enterprise, business intelligence, and mobile applications.