Glenn Berry discusses a number of compelling reasons why, if you are choosing between SQL Server 2016 or SQL Server 2017, you should choose the newer version.
Erin Stellato gives an overview of Automatic Plan Correction in SQL Server 2017 and Azure SQL Database, and assures us that Microsoft is not trying to code us out of jobs.
Erin Stellato (@erinstellato) takes a thorough look at the way DML statements might benefit from In-Memory OLTP, especially with natively compiled stored procedures.
Erin Stellato (@erinstellato) takes a look at the new COMPRESS and DECOMPRESS functions, comparing their impact on space and performance to traditional data compression.