The supported version of SQL Server for System Center 2016 DPM Update Rollup 1 is Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Microsoft SQL Server 2016 is not supported in Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2016 DPM. Support for SQL Server 2016 was added in Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2016 DPM.Preparing your environment for System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager