Before you install [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion], review Plan a SQL Server installation. For local installations, you must run Setup as an administrator. If you install [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] from a remote ...

At primary sites and the central administration site. On-premises, or in Microsoft Azure. When you use availability groups in Microsoft Azure, you can further increase availability of your site ...

With the latest public preview available, it’s time to decide if you want to upgrade to Microsoft’s most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far. Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database ...

Pairing your on-prem SQL Server with a cloud-based instance for high availability has its challenges, but they can be overcome. Here’s how. The geographic distribution of cloud data centers makes it ...