SQL Server 2016 Standard

As you would expect, the Enterprise Edition includes all the features of the Standard Edition. Added to this are further functions - and a whole lot of them. Microsoft SQL Server 2016 is a reliable, productive and intelligent data platform. Turn your business-critical applications into intelligent applications with SQL Server 2016. The first database built in the cloud that sets new standards for the pace of innovation.

SQL Server 2016 delivers breakthrough capabilities through integrated in-memory performance and operational analysis. Comprehensive SQL Server security features such as new Always Encrypted technology help protect your dormant and transferred data and further optimize the AlwaysOn high availability and disaster recovery solution.

Gain greater insight into your data with new capabilities for direct Advanced Analytics into your SQL database. Create high-quality visual reports for users across the enterprise and devices with built-in mobile business intelligence (BI) capabilities. You can also access business information in the office or on the road, online or offline.

Stretch Database enables you to take advantage of the scalable cloud by dynamically stretching hot and cold transactional data in Microsoft Azure, so your data is always available when you need it. In addition, SQL Server 2016 provides a complete hybrid cloud database platform, making it easy to create, deploy and manage local and cloud solutions.

Benefits 

• Improved in-memory performance enables up to 30x faster transactions, 100x faster queries than disk-based relational databases, and real-time analysis
• New Always Encrypted technology helps protect your data - locally and in the cloud - with master keys in the application and no application changes
• Stretch database technology allows you to keep more historical customer data accessible by transparently offloading legacy OLTP data into Microsoft Azure, securely and without application changes
• Speed up analysis by creating and running advanced analysis algorithms directly in the SQL Server transaction database
• Intuitive understanding of your data through extensive visualizations on mobile devices with native apps for Windows, iOS and Android
• Simplify the management of relational and non-relational data by querying with T-SQL via PolyBase
• Faster hybrid scenarios for backup, high availability and recovery of your local databases in Microsoft Azure and placement of SQL Server AlwaysOn secondary replicas in Azure 

Operating systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter SP2, Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008 SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 Edition SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008 x64 Edition SP2, Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard x64 Edition SP1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation x64 Edition SP1, Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition SP1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation x64 Edition SP2, Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation SP2

Memory: RAM min. 1GB, Recommended 4 GB or more

Disk space: depends on the SQL Server 2016 components installed

General Information

Language: multi-language

Number of licenses: MLK, volume license, without data carrier, download