Microsoft SQL Server has become the data management tool of choice for a wide range of business critical systems, from electronic commerce to online banking to just-in-time manufacturing to streaming media.

There are many expensive, complex technologies that promise availability for SQL. Fortunately there are also simple, automated ways to get the highest levels of protection. The following five secrets to affordable SQL availability will help you to implement a SQL environment with little or no downtime, zero data loss, and no added IT complexity.