As organizations modernize their data platforms, traditional Always On Availability Group designs don’t directly translate to the cloud. Azure SQL Managed Instance introduces a new resilience model built around failover groups, geo-replication, and intelligent endpoints — but many teams struggle to understand how to design real enterprise-grade HA/DR in Azure.

In this session, Gilda Alvarez walks through the real architecture patterns used in large-scale migrations, showing how to move from on-premises listeners to cloud-native failover group endpoints. You’ll learn how to design zone-redundant deployments, implement cross-region disaster recovery, enable read-intent routing, and avoid common pitfalls that cause replication lag or unexpected failovers.

This is not a marketing overview — it’s a practical, architect-level deep dive into building resilient SQL platforms in Azure. Whether you’re planning an Always On migration or designing a new cloud data strategy, you’ll leave with actionable patterns you can apply immediately.