Enterprise Data Platform

• Policy-Based Management
• Performance Data Collection (Data Collector)
• Data Compression
• Resource Governor
• Transparent Data Encryption
• External Key Management / Extensible Key Management
• Data Auditing
• Hot-Add CPUs and Hot-Add Memory
• Streamlined Installation
• Server Group Management
• Upgrade Advisor
• Partition Aligned Indexed Views
• Backup Compression
• Extended Events

Dynamic Development

• Grouping Sets
• MERGE Operator
• LINQ
• Change Data Capture
• Table-Valued Parameters
• ADO.NET Entity Framework and the Entity Data Model
• Synchronization Services for ADO.NET
• CLR Improvements
• Conflict Detection in Peer-to-Peer Replication
• Service Broker Priorities and Diagnostics
• ADO.NET Data Services