Introduction
Introduction
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What you should know
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1. Developers! Developers! Developers!
Query store
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Developer Edition license is now free
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Consistent programmability surface area
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StretchDB
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Temporal tables
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Backup to Azure BLOB
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PolyBase
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SQL Server on Linux
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2. Database Engine: Security
Row-level security
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Dynamic data masking
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Always encrypted
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Pool blocking period
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3. Database Engine: Programmability
STRING_SPLIT
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CREATE or ALTER
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JSON Support
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SQLClient on .NET Core
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Visual Studio and Entity Framework
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4. Database Engine: Performance
In-memory OLTP enhancements
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Operational analytics
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XEvent library performance improved
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