Dealing with the challenge of creating a unified SQL Server data estate [Q&A]

Many organizations are running SQL Server across Windows, Linux, containers, and Kubernetes. Obviously there are advantages if that environment can be unified into a single data estate, but doing so presents a number of challenges. We spoke to Don Boxley, CEO and co-founder of DH2i, to look at the problems involved and how to address them. BN: Why is unifying the SQL Server environment so hard? DB: Most teams inherit a patchwork of choices that were right at the time but do not play nicely together. Each platform brings different tools, different operational muscle memory, and different failure modes. That… [Continue Reading]