17. Buffer Pool Extension
It is like having an additional page file in
windows but for SQL Server extending the
buffer pool.
alter server configuration
set buffer pool extension on
(filename =
'C:SQLServerDatabases2014BPCACHEBufferPoolExtension.bpe‘
, size = 20 GB);
18. AlwaysOn Enhancements
Maximum number of secondary replicas has
been expanded from four to eight.
Readable secondary replicas are now also
available for read workloads, even when the
primary replica is unavailable
New Add Azure Replica Wizard, which helps
you create asynchronous secondary replicas
in Windows Azure