Virtualization

Licensing Windows Server Virtual Machines Hosting Microsoft SQL Server

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A Practical, Compliance-Focused Guide Based on Microsoft Product Terms Summary Licensing Microsoft workloads in virtualized environments is one of the most common sources of confusion for organizations—especially when Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Server are installed together in the same virtual machine (VM). Although both products may run inside a VM, they follow very different … Read more

Failover Clustering vs. Network Load Balancing (NLB): Key Differences, Architecture & Use Cases

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Building highly available and scalable systems is a core requirement for modern IT infrastructures. Two technologies often used to achieve this reliability are Failover Clustering and Network Load Balancing (NLB). Although both aim to improve service continuity, they solve different problems and operate in distinct ways. This article provides a deep dive into how each … Read more