In the event of mishaps, SQL Server vNext helps keep mission critical apps up and running with the Always On Availability Groups features.

Making SQL Server “always on” SQL Server offers two of its own HA/DR features: Always On Failover Cluster Instances and Always On Availability Groups. FCIs afford three notable advantages: inclusion ...

Always on availability groups This feature enables database-level protection by replicating each database transaction on another SQL instance, configured in standalone mode or as a failover cluster.

Always On Availability Groups Microsoft introduced Always On Availability Groups in SQL Server 2012, and has been making improvements to the feature in each release since.

Additional SQL Server Agent capabilities -- SQL Server Agents can be used to keep replicas in synch with log shipping. Listener for Always On availability groups -- The listener enables clients to ...

Ask 10 people 'What is high availability?' and you might get 15 different answers. For the purposes here, HA will be defined as ensuring SQL Server is operating when and as needed. 'When' takes into ...

Similarly, the more robust Always On Availability Groups feature that was introduced with SQL Server 2012 is also not an option.