Microsoft states,
“We are excited to announce that our first SQL Server 2016 release candidate, SQL Server 2016 Release Candidate (RC) 0, is now available for download. This is an important milestone in the release of SQL Server 2016, as this marks feature completion for most dimensions of the product. It also means a very rich set of capabilities is now available, including real-time operational analytics, rich visualizations on mobile devices, built-in advanced analytics, new advanced security technologies, and new hybrid scenarios allowing you to securely stretch data to the cloud.”
As per the
official blog, Microsoft has gone on to expand the following features, in SQL Server 2016 RC 0:
- Stretch Database service: With this preview, SQL Server 2016 users can dynamically stretch their on-premises warm and cold data to an Azure service that is engineered from the ground up for compute capacity and virtually infinite storage.
- Enhancements to In-Memory OLTP: In-Memory OLTP, which dramatically improves transaction processing performance, now has reduced downtime during upgrades.
- Enhancements to SQL Server Analysis Services: A new Tabular Object model is released to allow easier development and maintenance through code against tabular models.
- Enhancements to SQL Server Reporting Services: You can do much more in this next preview of the new Reporting Services web portal, including subscribe to reports, manage shared datasets, manage data caching and refresh, and more.