The paper focuses on advanced configurations for SQL Server Availability Groups (AGs) with Rubrik Security Cloud (RSC), specifically addressing Standard AGs across multiple Rubrik Secure Vault (RSV) clusters and Distributed Availability Groups.

For Standard AGs across multiple RSV clusters, the document introduces the concept of object linking at SLA assignment for bidirectional replication, enabling the management of geographically dispersed replicas with a single SLA.

For Distributed Availability Groups, the document outlines that protection is enabled in the primary data center, with replication to the unprotected secondary data center for disaster recovery, and the need to enable protection for the new primary AG after a failover.