No longer will SQL Server administrators have to worry about filling up their database servers.

SQL Server’s next edition will provide a way to extend databases into the cloud, allowing customers to retain information they otherwise might need to erase due to a lack of local storage space.

SQL Server 2016, a preview of which will be released around the middle of the year, will also encrypt all data by default, and has been integrated with the R statistical programming language, said T.K. Ranga Rengarajan, a Microsoft corporate vice president who leads engineering for the company’s database and big data businesses.

Microsoft provided a glimpse into this next major release of its flagship database system at the Ignite conference for IT professionals, being held this week in Chicago.

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