Contents at a Glance Introduction Part I Understanding High Availability 1 Understanding High Availability 2 Microsoft High Availability Options Part II Choosing the Right High Availability Approaches 3 Choosing High Availability Part III Implementing High Availability 4 Failover Clustering 5 SQL Server Clustering 6 SQL Server AlwaysOn and Availability Groups 7 SQL Server Database Snapshots 8 SQL Server Data Replication 9 SQL Server Log Shipping 10 High Availability Options in the Cloud 11 High Availability and Big Data Options 12 Hardware and OS Options for High Availability 13 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity 14 Bringing HA Together 15 Upgrading Your Current Deployment to HA 16 High Availability and Security 17 Future Direction of High Availability Index