New features in SQL Server 2016 (CTP3) From Developer to Developer

1. Diving into
SQL Server
2016
Mohamed Zaatar, M.Sc.
Readify Developer
@mzaatar

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TO-DO List
› Into Azure
› DB Stretching
› SQL Server data files in Azure
› SQL Server Engine
› JSON Support
› Query Store
› In-Memory Computing
› In-Memory OLTP - Memory-Optimized Tables
› In-Memory Columnstore Indexes
› Security
› Row-level security
› Dynamic data masking
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TO-DO List
› Into Azure
› DB Stretching
› SQL Server data files in Azure
› SQL Server Engine
› JSON Support
› Query Store
› In-Memory Computing
› In-Memory OLTP - Memory-Optimized Tables
› In-Memory Columnstore Indexes
› Security
› Row-level security
› Dynamic data masking
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Stretch Database
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Database Stretching
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› Why? Transactional data/save money
› Not same as Linked Server
› Microsoft charges you when query data not when
move it
AzureLocal DB

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SQL Server data files in Azure
› Save mdf /ldf files in Azure Blob storage
› Why?
› Backups
› High Availability
› Security
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Azure
SQL Server (on premises)
DB
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DB
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DB
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MD
F
LDF
Azure Blob Storage

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TO-DO List
› Into Azure
› DB Stretching
› SQL Server data files in Azure
› SQL Server Engine
› JSON Support
› Query Store
› In-Memory Computing
› In-Memory OLTP - Memory-Optimized Tables
› In-Memory Columnstore Indexes
› Security
› Row-level security
› Dynamic data masking
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JSON support
› Native support (like xml)
› What to do ?
› Export/export data from string to JSON
› Format strings (varchar) as JSON
› Query
› Validate string against JSON standards
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Query store
› New in 2016 and SQL Azure v12
› Bunch of tables:
› sys.query_store_plan , sys.query_store_query ,
sys.query_store_query_text
› Why?
› Find and fix
› How many time execute a query
› Top n queries
› Audit the history of queries
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TO-DO List
› Into Azure
› DB Stretching
› SQL Server data files in Azure
› SQL Server Engine
› JSON Support
› Query Store
› In-Memory Computing
› In-Memory OLTP - Memory-Optimized Tables
› In-Memory Columnstore Indexes
› Security
› Row-level security
› Dynamic data masking
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In-memory OLTP
› i.e. Memory-optimized tables
› ACID? YES !
› Data in memory, saved on commits/check points
› Data consistency? Using row versioning
› Durable/nondurable data? Both are available
› How to access data? T-SQL and Native-complied
table/sp
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In-memory ColumnStore indexes
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In-memory ColumnStore indexes
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ID Name Date Amount
Name DateID Amount
RowStore ColumnStor
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In-memory ColumnStore indexes
› Columnstore Index (memory-optimized)
› What is new? Clustered Index
› Massive better performance !
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TO-DO List
› Into Azure
› DB Stretching
› SQL Server data files in Azure
› SQL Server Engine
› JSON Support
› Query Store
› In-Memory Computing
› In-Memory OLTP - Memory-Optimized Tables
› In-Memory Columnstore Indexes
› Security
› Row-level security
› Dynamic data masking
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Row-level Security – aka RLS
› 2014 – enhancement in 2016
› Why? Multi-tenants DB
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Application Server
Clients
Database
Solution 1
Solution 2

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Dynamic data masking
› Customer service verifying credit cards
› By a simple column attribute
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Demos ?
https://github.com/mzaatar/DBScripts/

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Resources
› https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn935011.aspx
› http://sqlwithmanoj.com/tag/stretch-database/
› https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/dn466438.aspx
› https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/library/dn934994.aspx
› http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2011/10/29/sql-server-fundamentals-of-columnstore-index/
› http://www.nikoport.com/2015/09/02/columnstore-indexes-part-64-t-sql-improvements-in-sql-
server-2016/
› https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn133165.aspx
› https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/query-store-a-flight-data-recorder-for-your-database/
› https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn765131.aspx
› https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt163865.aspx
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24. Thanks