Advanced analytics with R and Python for in-database data analysis
In-memory OLTP for faster transaction processing and handling large datasets
Always Encrypted and row-level security for enhanced data protection
Power BI, Power Pivot, and Power View for interactive business intelligence
Cross-platform support on Windows, Linux, and Docker environments
What's new in SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2017 represents an important step in making SQL Server a platform on which you have several choices: choose between different development languages and data types, between running locally or in the cloud, and between different operating systems by increasing the power of SQL Server is deployed