Episode

New Software Assurance Benefits for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

In this episode with Amit Banerjee, you will review new Software Assurance core benefits for high availability and disaster recovery can make running SQL Server on Azure virtual machine cheaper than before. You will also see how all SQL Server releases can benefit from the FREE passive replica cores and help bring down the cost of running SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine.

[00:00] Introduction
[01:15] Azure Hybrid Benefit
[02:42] High Availability and Disaster Recovery SA Benefit
[03:36] Always on AD for SQL Server on Azure VMs
[05:22] Distributed AG for SQL Server on Azure VMs
[06:08] SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances
[09:55] Sneak peek of what's next

Resources:
New high availability and disaster recovery benefits for SQL Server
SQL Server 2019 Licensing Guide
SQL Server Licensing: High Availability and Disaster Recovery Benefits