Amazon EC2 SLA caveat emptor Before covering the HA/DR options available for SQL Server, it is important to be aware of certain limitations in the Amazon EC2 Service Level Agreement.

Pairing your on-prem SQL Server with a cloud-based instance for high availability has its challenges, but they can be overcome. Here’s how.

AWS today announced a new database product that is clearly meant to go after Microsoft’s SQL Server and make it easier — and cheaper — for SQL Server users to migrate to the AWS cloud.