Summary
In this chapter, we examined the improvement to high availability that AlwaysOn provides. Then we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of availability groups and some of the commands used to administer them. We think this feature is one of the most compelling reasons to upgrade to this new version of SQL Server.
In the next chapter, we will look at the new Distributed Replay feature and how to install, configure, and use it.
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