If you run an on-prem high availability or disaster solution chances are you are using Windows Failover Clustering. In my days as a database administrator I never found any reason to dive deeper into this technology. Neither did I want to. Until I picked up a course on designing large distributed systems. With that knowledge I took a closer look at what I knew about SQL Server and Failover Clustering.

I learned that there is more to it then meets the eye and you can do some nifty things when you know where to look. But you don't have to stop at Windows Failover Clustering. What if you took this concept and roll your own code?

In this session I will guide you through the concept of clustering, how this is applied in Windows and what actually happens when you create a clustered instance. You will walk away with a bit more knowledge on Failover Clustering and hopefully get inspired about additional options you have.