The June 1 will receive the new release of SQL Server . The 2016 version From the point of view of features and licenses There will be major changes , given that disappear BI version.
I found ONline two interesting document that show you all the difference between Enterprise and Standard edition.
The first one si very simple, i found two slide where microsoft explain what are the news of sql 2016 and in what edition they are:
The second One provides details of features supported by the different editions of SQL Server SQL Server 2016. IN particular about:
- Cross-Box Scale Limits
- RDBMS High Availability
- RDBMS Scalability and Performance
- RDBMS Security
- Replication
- Management Tools
- RDBMS Manageability
- Development Tools
- Programmability
- Integration Services
- Integration Services – Advanced Adapters
- Integration Services – Advanced Transforms
- Master Data Services
- Data Warehouse
- Analysis Services
- BI Semantic Model (Multi Dimensional)
- BI Semantic Model (Tabular)
- Power Pivot for SharePoint
- Data Mining
- Reporting Services
- Business Intelligence Clients
- Spatial and Location Services
- Additional Database Services
- Other Components
From this link is possible to download 180 trial license.
