A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

If organizations use zone-redundant databases with the Azure SQL Database service under the Business Critical tier (also known as "Premium"), then they can now be eligible for a 99.995 percent SLA.

Additionally, they ensure that all Azure SQL Database backups are configured with Geo-zone redundancy and segregate snapshot databases from production databases.

Microsoft plans to offer Azure Availability Zones to more geographies over time. ... load balancer, public IP address, zone-redundant storage and SQL database, ...

Organizations get a 99.99 percent service-level agreement (SLA) assurance of uptime for virtual machines (VMs) with Azure Availability Zones, which applies when there are "two or more VMs running ...

Azure's latest storage redundancy type, Geo Zone Redundant Storage, is now available in preview. Currently only in some U.S. and European regions, availability for GZRS will be expanded soon.

The fault-tolerant cloud service is now available in more regions. Meanwhile, Microsoft teams with Canberra Data Centres to bring Azure cloud services to more Australian organizations.