1. High Availability and Disaster Recovery for SQL Server 2014 in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
Kickoff Presentation
Date of Presentation
Presenter Name
Presenter Title

2. Agenda Introductions Objectives Review Challenges/Solution
Current Environment & Requirements
Engagement Overview
Scope & Timeline
Roles & Responsibilities
Next steps
Questions

3. Introductions
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4. Introductions
[Project Name] Team
<Introduce team members from Microsoft and customer>
<Partner> Services Engagement Team Members
Customer Team Members
[Role 1] – [Name]
One sentence profile
One sentence on role responsibilities
Project Manager – John or Jane Doe
15 years project management experience integrating enterprise infrastructure with focus on private cloud and virtualization.
Responsible for day-to-day running of project, and for managing the plan and resources end-to-end.
[Role ] – [Name]
One sentence profile
One sentence on role responsibilities
[Customer name] team members

5. Understand the scope and schedule
Kick off the project
Meet the team
Understand the scope and schedule
Q and A
Meeting Objectives
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6. Moving to Microsoft Azure
Platform Today
Server, Virtual Machine, Network, Storage, Database
Assembly Required
Patch, Service Release, New Version
Custom, Inconsistent
Plan for Peak Load
Built to Avoid and Recover from Failure
Infrastructure as a Service
Automation
Hardware maintained for you
Operating system support
Standardized
On-demand scale
Built to expect and withstand failure
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7. HADR / Backup Challenges
Backups are costly
Backups increase storage cost and require a plan for off-site safe keeping
HADR / Backup Challenges
Apps require high Service Level Agreement (SLA)’s
Critical application depending on databases must have high service level agreements or objectives
DR can double costs and effort
Disaster Recovery to remote data center doubles your cost
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8. Current Environment General questions Environmental questions
Drivers, goals, existing HADR/Backup strategy, regulations, priorities
Environmental questions
Storage & Capacity
HADR/Backup Processes
Network and Microsoft Azure readiness
Systems management and security
Databases
Technology road map
Current Environment
Environment Assessment Questionnaire High-level Review

9. Business Requirements
Understand backup needs
Which databases are good candidates for backup to cloud?
Business Requirements
Understand HADR needs
Which databases are good candidates to failover in Windows Azure?
Understand processes
What can I do to make sure my organization is prepared for the change?

10. Identify add’l candidates
Engagement Overview
SQL Server 2014 on Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines: HADR and Backup Jumpstart
Follow-up work
Assess
Analyze
Deploy Foundation
Deploy Scenarios
Identify add’l candidates
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11. Engagement Overview Assess Analyze Deploy Foundation Deploy Scenario
<Outline the objectives of the engagement that includes the current business and technical challenges as well as the scope. Below is some sample wording.>
Perform an assessment of the current SQL Server environment in order to select one HADR strategy and one Backup strategy.
Assess
Provide guidance for envisioning, planning, and deploying a foundational SQL Server capability in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines environment.
Select a backup scenario and a high availability / disaster recovery scenario to deploy.
Analyze
Provide guidance on deploying Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Foundation in Microsoft Azure. This includes:
Assisting in configuration of Microsoft Azure subscription related to this engagement.
Providing guidance on configuration of virtual machines and virtual networking.
Note: Setup and configuration of Microsoft Azure subscription and VPN are customer tasks.
Deploy Foundation
Provide guidance to deploying SQL Server 2014 HADR and backup scenarios utilizing Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines environment.
Deploy Scenario

12. <Partner> Services Primary Objectives
Assess<customer> current environment and processes for SQL Server HADR and backup
Provide guidance for SQL Server 2014 IaaS deployment
Provide guidance for chosen SQL Server HADR and backup scenarios to Microsoft Azure
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13. Scope In scope Out of scope
Assess the existing SQL Server environment and processes.
Provide guidance to deploy a SQL Server 2014 environment in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
Select the optimal SQL Server HADR and Backup strategy (one each).
Assistance with testing activities to validate fundamental capabilities.
Informal knowledge transfer by having customer staff work alongside Microsoft.
Out of scope
Acquisition of Microsoft Azure subscription and virtual network configuration (should be completed one week prior to project start)
Formal training
Deploying any HADR/Backup scenario other than the agreed upon set of activities.
Installation, configuration, or testing of non-Microsoft software.
Migration of any other data to the solution
Troubleshooting or remediation of existing databases.
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14. Offering Activities and Timeline
Week 1
Weeks 2
Week 3
Week 4
ENVISION
PLAN
BUILD
STABILIZE
Offering Activities and Timeline
Project Kickoff
Environment Assessment
Windows Azure Configuration
System Validation
Roles and Responsibilities
Analyze Candidates
Build SQL Server environment
Solution Walkthrough
Vision and Scope
Identify HADR & Backup options
Setup HADR & Backup scenarios
Project Closeout
Project Plan
Final Scenario Report
To the cloud!
Conditions of Satisfaction
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15. Schedule and Milestones (1)Tu W Th F
Week 1
Kickoff meeting
Project preparation
Start validation of customer Microsoft Azure environment.
Create the initial project plan
Create the Conditions of Satisfaction document
Start validation of existing on-premises SQL Server instance.
Complete validation and assessment of on-premises SQL Server instance.
Submit initial project plan, Vision and Scope document, and Conditions of Satisfaction to customer for acceptance
Week 2
Customer status meeting
Start identifying databases to be in scope
Continue database identification
Start identifying HADR and backup options for selected databases
Continue identifying HADR and backup options (if needed)
Run tools to capture database info (if needed)
Complete activities from previous day
Create draft version scenario report for internal review
Schedule and Milestones (1)
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16. Schedule and Milestones (2)Tu W Th F
Week 3
Customer status meeting or conference call
Start Microsoft Azure configuration
Complete Microsoft Azure configuration
Review scenario report with customer
Complete Microsoft Azure Configuration (if needed)
Build SQL Server 2014 environment and smoke test functionality and connectivity.
Configure SQL Servers (on-premises and in cloud) for HADR and backup scenarios.
Week 4
Customer status meeting
Continue with SQL Server 2014 environment in Microsoft Azure (if needed)
System validation testing
Assess the deployed environment with the customer
Solution walkthrough
Customer closeout meeting (typically on-site)
Schedule and Milestones (2)
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17. Weekly status meetings on Mondays
The Microsoft Engagement Manager is the primary point of contact for <Customer>
Weekly status meetings on Mondays
Status
Schedule
Issues
Project-management tracking documents
Status reports
Risks and issues tracking
Document and deliverable repository
Internal customer communication
<Customer to define this>
Communication Plan
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18. Roles and Resources Role or Title Name
Contact Information
Responsibility
Customer
Microsoft
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19. Work Products
Deliverable
Description
Environment Assessment Questionnaire Document
Used to gather an initial set of workload and infrastructure data
Vision and Scope Document
Provides high-level direction and goals for the project
Conditions of Satisfaction Document
List of agreed conditions of satisfaction for this engagement
Final Scenario Report
The inventory report or worksheets from automated inventory collection
There are no deliverables requiring formal acceptance. However, the work products listed above may be created as part of this engagement.
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20. Next Steps and Action Items
Verify customer readiness
Schedule interviews
Start environment assessment
Answer customer questions
Verify customer readiness: Ensure a Microsoft Azure subscription exists and that VPN connectivity is setup.
Schedule interviews: Interview DBA’s
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21. 11/15/2018 5:28 PM
Questions and Answers

22. Contact Name Title Phone www.microsoft.com/microsoftservices
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