Microsoft packed SQL Server 2016 with new advanced features that are supposed to help it compete with a host of other database software. But some of the advanced capabilities in the relational database software were restricted to the most expensive Enterprise edition. That’s about to change.

The first service pack for SQL Server 2016 will give developers a consistent set of features across the Express, Standard and Enterprise editions. That means it’s possible to build an app that relies on a feature like in-memory OLTP and test it with the free Express edition, then use the same code with a SQL Server 2016 Enterprise edition database.

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