The major recent feature in SQL Server is support for in-memory online transaction processing. It is one of the features Microsoft has been most vocal about. It includes support for tables that reside entirely in-memory instead of on-disk, enabling tremendous throughput and performance improvements. Also included in this feature set is support for natively-compiled stored procedures. These enable T-SQL to be compiled to machine code, again enabling tremendous performance improvements. All database professionals must learn and understand this feature set and how to use it, and <b><i>Expert SQL Server In-Memory OLTP, 2nd Edition</i></b> is the book that will meet this need in the marketplace for deep and accurate information on in-memory tables and natively-compiled stored procedures.