In short, this article about differences - SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2016 and the detail as given below.
About SQL Server 2012 as given below.
Top 6 Features Coming to SQL Server 2012
About SQL Server 2012 as given below.
Top 6 Features Coming to SQL Server 2012
1.
In SQL Server 2012, uses 48
bit precision for spatial.
2.
In SQL
server 2012, has unlimited
concurrent connections are available.
3.
In SQL
server 2012, by default supports 15,000 partitions
in DB.
4.
In SQL
server 2012, available new string function CONCAT to strings.
5.
In SQL
server 2012, available new string function FORMAT to
strings.
6.
In SQL
server 2012, available new conversion functions are PARSE, TRY_CONVERT, and TRY_PARSE.
1. Query Store
2. Polybase
3. Stretch Database
4. JSON Support
5. Row Level Security
6. Always Encrypted
7. In-Memory Enhancements
Query Store
Actually In this version Microsoft trying to
maintains a history of query execution plans with query performance and quickly
queries etc.
PolyBase
This SQL connector provide the connectivity to Azure
Blob Storage and Hadoop using database tables query and Its dealing to a lot of
large text files.
Stretch Database
In this section, Microsoft is trying to reduce your storage cast by a hybrid feature that is called Stretch Database.
JSON Support
JSON Support Is very awesome features, Using this features you can direct querying to
Hadoop, SQL Server 2016 and also support to Lingua Franca.
Row Level Security
The SQL Server 2016 provide row-level security. It's
very useful for multi tenant environments and Its provide the limit to access
the data based on role etc.
Always Encrypted
The Always Encrypted mechanism provided a easy way to encryption to data and makes much better security.
In-Memory Enhancements
Now in SQL Server 2016, Fixed the issues and
trying to improved memory mgmt and Its also supporting foreign keys, check and
unique constraints and parallelism also.
Now you can download SQL Server 2016 from given below link