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 Expert SQL Server In-Memory OLTP, 2nd Edition 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.