EMC Corporation today announced broad technology support with new EMC Proven Solutions and Consulting Services for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to help customers deploy SQL Server for mission critical data center applications. EMC technology and services increases performance and maximizes data availability with the latest SQL Server functionality. EMC Consulting services provide a defined path for seamless migration and adoption of SQL Server 2012 and help take advantage of SQL Server 2012's insights functionality to turn data into business intelligence. This solution documents technology considerations for utilizing the new SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups with EMC FAST VP and EMC VMAXe. It also documents technology considerations for utilizing the new SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups, with EMC FAST Suite and EMC VNX unified storage.