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B. WardSQL Server 2019 Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5419-6_4

4. Mission-Critical Availability

Bob Ward1 
(1)
North Richland Hills, Texas, USA
 

In the previous two chapters, you learned about new capabilities in SQL Server 2019 to solve modern challenges involving performance and security. For many enterprise customers, there is a third piece to the puzzle to ensure a database platform meets the challenges of today’s applications and business: availability.

SQL Server provides availability by default because almost everything you do with SQL can be done online. SQL Server 2019 enhances the online availability for your data with the following new features designed to solve new challenges:

  • Online index enhancements

    Users “want ...

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