1. How SQL Server 2016 SP1 Changes the Game
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2. About Me Senior Program Manager (SQL Tiger Team) 9 Years
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3. Agenda & Overview 2016 – A year in review for Microsoft SQL Server
Consistent Programmability Surface Area
Scale and Diagnostics improvements in SQL Server 2016 SP1.
Understanding SQL Server Memory allocation & limits.
Performance, Scale and Availability differentiators in EE.
Known issues
Other Improvements

4. Microsoft SQL Server - DBMS of the Year
Microsoft SQL Server is the database management system that gained more popularity in our DB-Engines Ranking within the last year than any of the other 315 monitored systems. We thus declare Microsoft SQL Server as the DBMS of the Year 2016.
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5. 2016 – A year in a review for Microsoft SQL Server
Announcing SQL Server on Linux – Consistent data platform
Today I’m excited to announce our plans to bring SQL Server to Linux as well. This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well as on-premises and cloud - Scott Guthrie, Executive VP, Cloud & Enterprise, Microsoft
SQL Server 2016 Released - it just runs faster
With our focused investment in performance and scale, simply upgrading to SQL 2016 could bring 25% performance improvement. SQL 2016 supports 3X more physical memory than previous versions. The new column store engine and query processing technology could increase query performance up to 100X and the new In-memory OLTP engine can process 1.25million batches/sec on a single 4 socket server, which is more than 3X of SQL “ – Rohan Kumar, Director of SQL Software Engineering, Microsoft
SQL Server 2014 SP2 Released - Commitment to invest in-market releases
SQL Server 2014 SP2, in addition to a rollup of released hotfixes including SQL 2014 SP1 CU7 contains 20+ improvements centered around performance, scalability and diagnostics based on the feedback from customers and SQL community. These improvements enable SQL Server 2014 to perform faster and scale out of the box on modern hardware design. It also showcases the SQL Product Team’s commitment to provide continued value into in-market releases.
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Released – Consistent programmability surface area
With SQL Server 2016 SP1, we are making key improvements allowing a consistent programmability surface area for developers and organizations across SQL Server editions. This will enable you to build advanced applications that scale across editions and cloud as you grow. Developers and application partners can now build to a single programming surface when creating or upgrading intelligent applications, and use the edition which scales to the application’s needs.
SQL Server vNext CTP 1.1 available for download – Consistent data/tools/programmability platform
Microsoft is excited to announce that the next version of SQL Server (SQL Server v.Next) Community Technology Preview (CTP) 1.1 is now available for download on both Windows and Linux

6. SQL Server 2016 SP1 - Consistent Programming Surface Area
SQL Server Express Edition
SQL Server Standard Edition
SQL Server Enterprise Edition
SQL Server Developer Edition

7. SQL Server 2016 SP1 - Consistent Programming Surface Area
Build advanced applications to scale across editions using a single application programming surface
Easier to upgrade applications with a common surface area and use editions to scale
Value of EE continues to be highly differentiated for high perf/scale workloads
Programmability Features
In-memory OLTP
Columnstore
Row level security
Dynamic data masking
Always encrypted
Performance/Availability/Operational Features
Always On Availability Groups
Scale limits (CPU, memory, DB size)
Virtualization rights

8. Consistent Programming Surface Area
 Feature
RTM
SP1
Standard
Web
Express
Local DB
Row-level security
Yes No
Dynamic Data Masking
Change data capture*
No*
Database snapshot
Columnstore
Partitioning
Compression
In Memory OLTP
No**
Always Encrypted
PolyBase
Fine grained auditing
Multiple filestream containers
* Requires SQL Server Agent which is not part of SQL Server Express Editions.
** Requires creating filestream file groups which is not possible in Local DB due to insufficient permissions.

9. SQL Server 2016 SP1: New Limits
SQL Server 2016 Edition Comparison Chart
Features
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Enterprise
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Standard
SQL Server SP1 Web
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Express
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Developer
Scale
Maximum number of cores
Unlimited
24 cores
16 cores
4 cores
Memory: Maximum memory utilized per instance buffer pool size per instance
Operating system max
128 GB
64 GB
1410 MB
*(NEW)
Memory: Maximum columnstore cache
32 GB
16 GB
352 MB
Memory: Maximum in-memory data
Maximum database size
524 PB
10 GB
Windows Server 2016 supports up to 24TB RAM, 128 TB VAS, 512 logical processors (LPs)
Windows Server 2012 R2 supports up to 4TB RAM, 128 TB VAS, 320 logical processors (LPs)

10. Understanding the Memory limits for lower editions of SQL Server
Before SQL Server 2012
SQL Server Buffer Pool (Single Page Allocator)
Non-buffer pool allocation (CLR memory, thread stacks, Multi page allocation )
Stolen Memory (Plan Cache, Query Execution, Optimizer)
Max Server Memory

11. Understanding the Memory limits for lower editions of SQL Server
SQL Server & higher
SQL Server Buffer Pool
(Editions limits are meant for only buffer pool memory)
Columnstore
In-Memory OLTP (DB1)
Direct allocation
In-Memory OLTP (DB2)
Thread
Stack
Plan cache
CLR
Log Pool
In-Memory OLTP (DB3)
Max Server Memory

12. SQL Server 2016 SP1: New Limits
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SQL Server 2016 Edition Comparison Chart
Features
SQL Server SP1 Enterprise
SQL Server SP1 Standard
SQL Server SP1 Web
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Express
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Developer
Scale
Maximum number of cores
Unlimited
24 cores
16 cores
4 cores
Memory: Maximum memory utilized per instance buffer pool size per instance
Operating system max
128 GB
64 GB
1410 MB
Operating system max
*(NEW)
Memory: Maximum columnstore cache
32 GB
16 GB
352 MB
Memory: Maximum in- memory data
Maximum database size
524 PB
10 GB
Windows Server 2016 supports up to 24TB RAM, 128 TB VAS, 512 logical processors (LPs)
Windows Server 2012 R2 supports up to 4TB RAM, 128 TB VAS, 320 logical processors (LPs)
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13. Max Buffer pool size per instance In-Memory OLTP quota (per DB)
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In-memory OLTP
Limits (see Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2016)
Lower Editions: Memory limited to ¼ of the edition buffer pool memory limit
Per database
In-memory OLTP blog
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Edition
Max Buffer pool size per instance
In-Memory OLTP quota (per DB)
Express
1410MB
352MB
Web
64GB
16GB
Standard
128GB
32GB
Developer
Unlimited (OS Max of 24TB)
Enterprise
Unlimited (OS Max of 24 TB)
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14. Columnstore memory limit (per instance)
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Columnstore
Limits (see Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2016)
Lower Editions: Memory limited to ¼ of the edition buffer pool memory limit
Per instance
Columnstore blog
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Edition
Columnstore memory limit (per instance)
MAXDOP
Aggregate pushdown
Filter pushdown
SIMD support
Express
256MB 1 N
Web
16GB
Standard
32GB 2
Developer
Unlimited (OS Max of 24TB)
Unlimited Y
Enterprise
Maximum degree of parallelism (DOP) = 2 in batch mode 
No aggregate push down operations during Columnstore scan (2-4x performance differences)
No filter push down during Columnstore scan that could improve performance of queries using predicate(s) on columns to scan nodes
No string filter push down during Columnstore scan that could improve performance of queries using predicate(s) on string columns to scan nodes
No Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) support that takes advantage of a set of hardware instructions to speed up aggregation operations
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Polybase
Compute nodes can be deployed on Std, Exp, Web, but requires EE SKU for head node for scale-out
Standalone instances can be any edition
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16. Scalability and Performance in EE
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Scalability and Performance in EE
Database engine
Advanced R integration (parallel and streaming, non-memory bound, processing)
Standalone R Server
Polybase head node
Master Data Services
Data Quality Services
Resource Governor
IO Resource Governor
Partition Table Parallelism
NUMA
Star join query optimizations
Parallel query processing on partitioned tables and indexes
Global batch aggregation
Distributed partitioned views
Online index operations
Auto use of indexed views by query optimizer
Parallel consistency check
Utility Control Point
Advanced scanning for disk-based tables
Analysis Services
Scalable shared databases
Data Mining advanced algorithms
Perspectives (MOLAP and Tabular)
Multiple partitions (Tabular)
Writeback dimensions (MOLAP)
Proactive caching (MOLAP)
Direct writeback (MOLAP)
Measure expressions (MOLAP)
Push-mode processing (MOLAP)
DirectQuery storage mode (Tabular)
Power Pivot for SharePoint integration
Reporting Services
Custom branding
Data driven report subscription
Scale our deployment (Web farms)
Alerting
Power View
Mobile BI (Datazen)
Why do I need SQL Server Enterprise edition now with so many programming features in Standard edition?
Enterprise edition continues to deliver the highest levels of mission critical scalability, availability, and performance, advanced business intelligence and analytics, as well as maximum virtualization with software assurance.  As an example, customers with mission critical enterprise applications and Enterprise Data Warehouses will need SQL Server Enterprise for Mission Critical high availability using Always On, to enable high-density database computing using maximum virtualization available with software assurance, and for maximum performance and scale above what is provided by Standard Edition (128GB all-up and 32GB for In-memory technologies) with up to 24TB of addressable memory and OS max processors when used with Windows Server In addition, SQL Server Enterprise supports much higher scale limits and grants special virtualization rights for volume license customers. Maximum Virtualization will continue to be a Software Assurance benefit that is only available to Enterprise Edition customers. More details are covered later in this FAQ.
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17. Availability, Manageability and Security in EE
Always On availability groups up to 8 secondary replicas including 2 synchronous secondary replicas (Standard Edition is limited to 1 non-readable secondary)
Connection director
Online page and file restore
Online index operations
Online schema change
Fast recovery
Mirrored backups
Hot add memory and CPU
StreamInsight high availability
Transparent Database Encryption
Extensible key management
Oracle publishing
Peer to peer transactional replication
Change Data Capture for Oracle
Advanced Adapters for Integration Services (e.g. Oracle, Teradata, SAP BW, Analysis Services)
Advanced Transforms for Integration Services

18. SQL Server 2016 SP1 – Known Issues
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SQL Server 2016 SP1 – Known Issues
Uninstall
Columnstore, Compression, Partition, Change Data Capture, Multiple FS Containers, and In-Memory OLTP
Database may come up suspect.
Workaround: restore database to EVAL, remove feature before uninstall.
Script: Tigertools github repository
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
Secure (https/SSL) connection, displays warning or Print function may not work after installing SQL Server 2016 SP1.
SQL Master Data Services (MDS)
Trying to add or edit a business rule gives corrupt business rule error.
ODBC Driver 13.1
ODBC Driver 13 shipped with SP1 overwrites ODBC Driver 13.1
SQL Server Releases blog
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19. Other Improvements

20. Not supported as production database.
DBCC CLONEDATABASE
DBCC CLONEDATABASE (source_database_name, target_database_name) WITH NO_STATISTICS,NO_QUERYSTORE
Fast, minimally invasive and consistent.
Introduced first in SQL Server 2014 SP2.
Introduced & Enhanced in SQL Server 2016 SP1 with support for:
CLR Objects
Filestream/FileTable Objects
In-Memory tables
Query Store (Persisted Query Plan Store)
Not supported as production database. KB
Database
Number of Objects
SSMS
sp_clonedatabase
DBCC CLONEDATABASE
Customer DB
20453
Scripting error
378 seconds*
33 seconds (11x)
Internal MS DB
80819
OOM
1200 seconds*
24 seconds (50x)
ERP DB
7200 seconds*
122 seconds (60x)

21. Performance Enhancements/Changes
Bulk insert into heaps with AUTO TABLOCK under TF 715.
SQL 2016 RTM Behavior INSERT..SELECT
For User tables – Parallel INSERT requires TABLOCK hint.
For Local temp tables – Parallel INSERT by default.
SQL 2016 SP1 Behavior INSERT..SELECT
For Local temp tables – Parallel INSERT requires TABLOCK hint.
TF 9495 disables parallelism in insert

22. Relational CREATE OR ALTER (KB 3190548)
Per-operator level performance stats
Query_thread_profile Extended Event
Query progress estimation (KB )
Lightweight query execution profiling (KB )

23. Storage engine
New sql_memory_model, sql_memory_model_desc columns in DMV sys.dm_os_sys_info to allow DBAs to programmatically identify Lock Pages in Memory (LPIM) privilege to SQL Service account.
New column instant_file_initialization_enabled in DMV sys.dm_server_services to allow DBAs to programmatically identify Instant File initialization (IFI) to SQL Service account.
Errorlog message logged indicating number of tempdb files or if different tempdb file size or autogrow setting is found.

24. Availability Group: Latency
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Availability Group: Latency
recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps
log_block_pushed_to_logpool
hadr_logblock_compression
hadr_log_block_decompression
hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message
hadr_log_block_group_commit
hadr_capture_filestream_wait
hadr_lsn_send_complete
hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message
log_flush_start
log_flush_complete
hadr_apply_log_block
hadr_capture_log_block
hadr_capture_vlfheader
hadr_log_block_send_complete
hadr_send_harden_lsn_message
ucs_connection_send_msg
Redones/sec
Encryption I/Os/sec
Group Commit Time
Encrypted I/O bytes/sec
Group Commits/Sec
Decryption I/Os/sec
Log Bytes Compressed/sec
Decrypted I/O bytes/sec
Log Compressions/sec
Send Flow Control Gate
Log Compression Cache misses/sec
Send Flow Control Enters/sec
Send Flow Control Exits/sec
Log Compression Cache hits/sec
Receive Flow Control Gate
Log Bytes Decompressed/sec
Receive Flow Control Enters/sec
Log Decompressions/sec
Receive Flow Control Exits/sec
Database Flow Control Delay
Database Flow Controls/sec
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3, SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2, SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1
Video about the features working is at
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25. SQL Server – Platform of choice
Cloud first engineering
Consistent Data Platform on Windows, Linux, Cloud and Containers.
Consistent Programmability Experience.
Consistent tool experience.
Investments in In-market releases driven by customer and community feedback

26. Resources SQL Server 2016 SP1 SQL Server 2016 SP1 Feature Pack
SQL Server 2016 SP1
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Feature Pack
SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 Release Information

27. Bookmarks SQL Server Tiger Team Blog
Tiger Toolbox GitHub
SQL Server Release Blog
BP Check
SQL Server Standards Support
Trace Flags
SQL Server Support lifecycle
SQL Server Updates
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