Explore the latest advancements in Spring Data in this comprehensive conference talk from Spring I/O 2016. Gain a broad overview of new features introduced in recent Spring Data release trains, focusing on additions and improvements in Spring Data Commons, the shared module among store-specific ones. Delve into cutting-edge features of individual store modules, including JPA, MongoDB, Neo4j, Solr, and community modules. Learn about release train dependencies, Spring Framework generations, semantic versioning, and Spring Comments. Discover how Java 8 Streams and Java DSL are integrated, along with user repository integration and projections. Get insights into the future direction of Spring Data and stay up-to-date with the evolving landscape of this powerful data management framework.