In simple terms, below are the new features for Sql server 2016 for developers.

Ø DROP IF EXISTS (DIE)

Ø SESSION_CONTEXT

Ø Dynamic data masking(DDM)

Ø Row level security (RLS)

Ø Always encrypted

Ø Stretch database

Ø Temporal

Ø JSON

Ø Query Store

Ø PolyBase

Ø R integration