Добрый день, коллеги!

Вышла в свет очередная версия SQL Server vNext CTP 1.1 C полным списком нововведений можно ознакомиться здесь What's New in SQL Server vNext

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SQL Server Database Engine

• Memory-optimized tables and indexes now support computed columns.
  
• Natively compiled modules now support the CROSS APPLY operator, and all JSON functions.
  
• New string functions CONCAT_WS, TRANSLATE, and TRIM are added.
  
• The WITHIN GROUP clause is now supported for the STRING_AGG function.
  
• Two new Japanese collation families (Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140 and Japanese_XJIS_140) were added, and the collation option Variation-selector-sensitive (_VSS) was added for use in Japanese collations. For more detail see Collation and Unicode Support
  
• New bulk access options (BULK INSERT and OPENROWSET(BULK...) enable access data directly from a file specified as CSV format, and from files stored in Azure Blog storage through the new BLOB_STORAGE option of EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE.

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P.S.: Для тех кому интересно каким образом Microsoft смог обеспечить поддержку SQL Server на платформе Linux опубликована вводная статья SQL Server on Linux: How? Introduction