# [Overview](sql-server-database-engine-overview.md) 

# [What's New - SQL Server 2017](whats-new-in-sql-server-2017.md)
# [What's New - SQL Server 2016](whats-new-in-sql-server-2016.md)


# Release notes
## [Backward compatibility](sql-server-database-engine-backward-compatibility.md)
## [Deprecated in SQL Server 2017](deprecated-database-engine-features-in-sql-server-2017.md)
## [Deprecated in SQL Server 2016](deprecated-database-engine-features-in-sql-server-2016.md)
## [Discontinued functionality in SQL Server 2016](discontinued-database-engine-functionality-in-sql-server-2016.md)
## [Breaking changes in SQL Server 2017](breaking-changes-to-database-engine-features-in-sql-server-2017.md)
## [Breaking changes in SQL Server 2016](breaking-changes-to-database-engine-features-in-sql-server-2016.md)
## [New and updated articles](new-updated-database-engine.md)

# [Install](../database-engine/install-windows/installation-for-sql-server-2016.md)
# [Configure](../database-engine/configure-windows/configure-database-engine-instances-sql-server.md)
# [High availability](sql-server-business-continuity-dr.md)
## [Availability groups](../database-engine/availability-groups/windows/overview-of-always-on-availability-groups-sql-server.md)
## [Database mirroring](../database-engine/database-mirroring/the-database-mirroring-endpoint-sql-server.md)
## [Log shipping](../database-engine/log-shipping/about-log-shipping-sql-server.md)