• Higher security. Protect your data during storage and transmission by multiple layers of protection. SQL Server has been declared the least vulnerable database by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the sixth year in a row.*
• Best performance. SQL Server ranked first, second, and third in the results of the TPC-H benchmark (10 TB without clustering - a standard benchmark for data warehousing workloads). **Oracle follows in fifth place.
• End-to-end mobile BI on all devices. Publish advanced reports using Power BI or Excel 2016 on an iPhone, Android, or Windows smartphone. Leverage self-service BI and mobility at a fraction of the cost of Oracle.
• Advanced Analytics directly in the database at no extra cost. Intuitive analysis tools combine existing internal, external and even unstructured data, so your employees can make informed decisions.
• Integrated in-memory capabilities for all workloads. Achieve exponential performance gains at the speed of in-memory OLTP.
• Uniform environment - both locally and in the cloud. Benefit from a unified environment with shared development and management tools and T-SQL, both locally and in the cloud.

SQL SERVER 2016 STANDARD - 10 USER CALS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS