This slide shows the new features that Microsoft has added to SQL Server since the SQL Server 2008 R2 release.
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Power View
Configurable reporting alerts
Reporting as SharePoint Shared Service
Build organization knowledge base
Connect to 3rd party data cleansing
providers
Master Data Hub
Master Data Services Add-in for Excel
Graphical tools in SSIS
Extensible object model
SSIS as a Server
Broader data integration with more
sources: DB vendors, cloud, Hadoop
Pipeline improvements
SQL Server Data Tools
Local DB runtime (Express)
Data-tier application component project
template
Data-Tier ApplicationFramework (DAC Fx)
Interoperability support (ADO.NET,
ODBC, JDBC, PDO, ADO APIs and .NET
C/C++, Java, Linux and PHP platforms)
Enhanced support for ANSI SQL
standards
Transact-SQL Static Code Analysis tools
Transact-SQL code snippets
Intellisense
FileTable build on FILESTREAM
Remote Blob Storage with SharePoint
2010
Statistical Semantic Search
Spatial features, Full Globe and arcs
Large user-defined data types
Distributed Replay
Contained Database Authentication
System Center Management Pack
for SQL Server 2012
Windows PowerShell 2.0 support
Multi-server Management with SQL
Server Utility Control Point
Data Tier Application Component
Automatic Plan Correction
Enhanced connectors, new
transformations, object-level security,
ragged hierarchies**
Graph data support
Mobile BI
Enhanced SSIS
Enterprise-grade Analysis Services
Advanced tabular models
In-memory analytics
Enhanced multidimensional models
JSON support
Enhanced DQS
Enhanced MDS
Modern Reporting Services
Temporal tables
Advanced data mining
Create mobile reports using the SQL
Server Mobile Report Publisher
Consume with Power BI mobile apps
Azure HDInsight Service
Power BI
Power Map for Excel
Mash up data from different sources,
such as Oracle & Hadoop
HA for StreamInsight, complex event
processing
SQL Server Data Tools support for BI
Change Data Capture for Oracle
Import PowerPivot models into Analysis
Services
Transparent Data Encryption
Always Encrypted
Enhanced separation of duty
Row-level security
Dynamic data masking
Enhanced separation of duties
Default schema for groups
SQL Server Audit
SQL Server fine-grained auditing
Real-time operational analytics with
in-memory OLTP or on disk
In-memory for more applications
Unparalleled scalability with Windows
Server 2016, with 12TB memory and
Windows Server 2016 max cores
Enhanced AlwaysOn, with 8 secondaries
and Replica Wizard
Multiple node failover clustering (3
synchronous, up to 8 replicas)
In memory OLTP
Buffer Pool Extension to SSDs
Enhanced query processing
Resource Governor adds IO governance
SysPrep as cluster level
Predictable performance with tiering of
compute, network and story with
Windows Server 2012 R2
Delayed Durability
Clustered Shared Volume support, VHDX
support (Windows Server 2012 R2)
Manage on-premises and cloud apps
(System Center 2012 R2)
Query optimization enhancements
Recovery Advisor
Windows Server Core
Live Migration
Online operations enhancements
Query Store
Temporal support
Python integration**
R built-in to your T-SQL
RRE APIs with full parallelism and no
memory limits for scale/performance
Built-in In-memory Advanced Analytics
Advanced tabular model
Direct query
Advanced data mining
SSDT in Visual Studio
Stretch database
Partitioning for efficient data loading
Hybrid scenarios with SSIS
Enhanced backup to Azure
Easy migration to the cloud
Simplified cloud DR with AlwaysOn
replicas
Simplified backup to Azure
Support for backup of previous
versions of SQL Server to Azure
Cloud back-up encryption support
Simplified cloud Disaster Recovery with
AlwaysOn replicas in Azure VMs
New Azure Deployment UI for SQL
Server
Larger SQL Server VMs and memory
sizes available in Azure
SQL Server Data Tools
Snapshot backups to Azure via SQL
Server Management Studio
Adaptive Query Processing
Operational analytics
In-memory ColumnStore
Deployment rights for APS
Enhanced In-memory ColumnStore
for DW
PolyBase for simple T-SQL to query
structured and unstructured data
Enhanced database caching
Up to 15,000 partitions
Analytics Platform System
**Available for Windows Server only.
Linux support
Container support
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Editor's Notes
Complete inventory of features since 2008 R2 by pillar for customers upgrading from SQL Server 2008 R2.