Understanding Azure HA and DR Options for SQL Server and Beyond ~ Joey D'Antoni

Understanding your availability options in the cloud can be a challenge. Do you need to backup your VMs or just your data? What are the differences between availability zones and availability sets? Do you really need DR or is the built-in availability good enough? In this session, you will learn about the general infrastructure of Azure, how it interacts with SQL Server’s disaster recovery features, and how to implement high availability and disaster recovery across the Azure platform.

Joseph D'Antoni is a Principal Consultant at Denny Cherry and Associates Consulting. He is recognized as a VMWare vExpert and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and has over 20 years of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He has worked extensively on database platforms and cloud technologies and has specific expertise in performance tuning, infrastructure, and disaster recovery.