Introduction
Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1: High Availability and Disaster Recovery concepts
Chapter 2: Introduction to Always On
Part II: Planning Always On Availability Groups
Chapter 3: Concepts and Common Topologies
Chapter 4: Data Synchronization Internals
Chapter 5: Introduction to Windows Server Failover Clustering
Chapter 6: Prerequisites
Part III: Deploying Always On Availability Groups
Chapter 7: Create a Windows Server Failover Cluster
Chapter 8: Create Availability Groups
Chapter 9: Post-Installation Tasks
Part IV: Active Secondary Replicas
Chapter 10: Readable Secondary Replicas
Chapter 11: Database Maintenance Secondary Replicas
Part V: Managing Availability Groups
Chapter 12: Common Management Tasks
Chapter 13: Upgrading and Migrating
Chapter 14: Performing Database Maintenance Tasks
Part VI: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Availability Groups
Chapter 15: Monitoring Availability Groups
Chapter 16: Troubleshooting Availability Groups
Part VII: Availability Groups in Microsoft Azure
Chapter 17: Introduction to Microsoft Azure
Chapter 18: Availability Groups in Microsoft Azure
About the Author: Uttam Parui is a Senior Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. He has worked at Microsoft for more than 15 years and started working with the SQL Server product since SQL Server 6.5. As a Premier Field Engineer, he delivers SQL Server consulting and support for designated strategic Fortune 500 customers. Also, he has been developing content, speaking at events, as well as authoring books, white papers, and articles related to SQL Server administration, high availability, disaster recovery, and more. Uttam is the coauthor of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible (Wiley Publishing) and technical editor for Pro SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering (Apress). He has trained and mentored engineers from Microsoft's Customer Support Services and Premier Field Engineering teams, and was one of the first to train and assist in the development of Microsoft's SQL Server support teams in Canada and India. He received his master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Florida at Gainesville.
Vivek Sanil is Senior Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft. Vivek has been working extensively with SQL Server since joining the industry more than 16 years ago. He has been with Microsoft since 2005. He currently works in a support and consulting role in a dedicated capacity with a few large fortune 500 customers. He was in Microsoft Customer Support Services prior to this role. Areas of specialty include database engine internals, AlwaysOn, and performance troubleshooting. He has architected and developed numerous Premier Field Engineering workshops that Microsoft delivers to its customers. He has presented at numerous user group sessions. He has also moderated in several worldwide Microsoft Virtual Academy events.
