To set up SQL Server with Always On Availability Groups (AG) and Failover Clustering (FCI) in a Windows Server environment, you need to install multiple components. SQL Server Database Engine Core SQL ...

So last night I was building a SQL Server 2008 failover cluster in a virtual environment with Windows Server 2008 on the free version of VMware Server. When building clusters on VMware, I typically ...

A step-by-step guide to using SAN-less failover clustering software to support SQL Server’s Always On Failover Clustering in the public cloud The thing about clouds is that they can change shape even ...

While the cloud continues to grow in popularity for many, if not most, enterprise applications, IT departments remain reluctant to trust public clouds, including the Google Cloud Platform, for ...

Specifically the new primary replica [!INCLUDE SQLServer] instance may not be able to get the transaction outcome from DTC. To enable the [!INCLUDE SQLServer] instance to get the outcome of in-doubt ...