For the record, while the devkit contains the header files, the .lib files that are also needed for building are not in there. I found I still had to install the Maya 2016 trial edition in order to get those so that I could build maya2egg2016.
For anyone looking for a development build with Maya 2016 plug-ins:
buildbot.panda3d.org/downloads/8 … 8e-x64.exe