1. SQL Server 2016: Everything built-in The above graphics were published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Microsoft. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Consistent experience from on-premises to cloud MicrosoftTableauOracle $120 $480 $2,230 Self - service BI per user In-memory across all workloads built-in TPC-H non-clustered results as of 04/06/15, 5/04/15, 4/15/14 and 11/25/13, respectively. http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_perf_results.asp?resulttype=nonclusterhttp://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_perf_results.asp?resulttype=noncluster at massive scale SQL ServerOracleMySQLSAP HANA Oracle is #5 #2 SQL Server #1 SQL Server #3 SQL Server National Institute of Standards and Technology Comprehensive Vulnerability Database update 10/2015

2. Pricing & licensing Summary SQL Server 2014SQL Server 2016Net change Pricing and licensing Standard Per Core and SAL Enterprise & Web Per Core Standard Per Core and SAL Enterprise & Web Per Core None Introduction of failover servers benefit for deployments using license mobility None SQL BI Server SALs offered SQL BI Server SALs are no longer offered BI capabilities offered through SQL EE cores Core factor table that lowered the impact on AMD chips No core factor table All cores are equal

3. NON-BUSINESS CRITICAL DATABASES REQUIRING LOWER PERFORMANCE Support for publically accessible, externally facing web workloads Stretch Database SQL Server 2016 Editions Enterprise Standard Web Note: Text in blue indicates new feature for 2016 * Standard Edition also licensed per SAL NON-BUSINESS CRITICAL DATABASES WITH MODERATE PERFORMANCE Basic security and availability Basic reporting Basic analytics Stretch Database Basic two node failover MISSION CRITICAL IN-MEMORY PERFORMANCE, SECURITY AND HIGH AVAILABILITY Enhanced in-memory performance for all workloads Most secure database with Always Encrypted PB scale data warehousing End-to-end mobile BI with rich visualizations on all major platforms Advanced analytics built-in at scale with R plus in-memory Enhanced hybrid scenarios including Stretch Database, HA, DR and backup Licensed Per Core*

4. Available on the marketNo longer shipped 46844 Physical cores per processor Core licenses required 82614 Licensing in the Per Core model Available for SQL Server Standard, Web, and Enterprise Editions No more core factor table—simply a four-core license minimum for each physical processor and/or virtual operating system environment

5. Minimum 4 core licenses per vOSE Do not need to license all of the physical cores Available for Enterprise & Standard Enterprise provides unlimited vOSEs once all physical cores are assigned a core license License virtual cores in each virtual machine (VM) Licensing by Individual Virtual OSE VM 1 8 core licenses VM 2 12 core licenses

6. Licensing SAL Model Available for SQL Server Standard only Licensed per user, SALs required for all users that access the software service Partner can install and run as much SQL server to support SAL access SQL Server 2016 SAL SALs grant access to the same or earlier version of server software Server 1Server 2Server 3

7. Summary Of Changes No changes to pricing and licensing models SQL STD – SAL & Per Core SQL Server EE & Web – Per Core Failover Servers updated to include cloud deployments Software Assurance still required for passive server benefit When using license mobility for cloud deployment, passive server benefit granted in the same environment as the active No Core Factor Table All infrastructure will be treated equally GA is June 1 st, 2016