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Transactional replication allows you to replicate data from one database to another hosted on either SQL Server or Azure SQL Managed Instance. SQL Managed Instance can be a publisher, distributor, or ...

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This tutorial shows how to create an Always On availability group for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) within multiple subnets. The complete tutorial creates a Windows Server Failover ...

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The Host Guardian Service is a security feature that checks if the host can run highly protected virtual machines. It manages the keys used to start up shielded VMs, which are VMs that provide ...