DH2i Launches DxEnterprise v26.0 and DxOperator v2 Strengthening High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Operational Resilience Across SQL Server Environments

New Releases Deliver Deeper SQL Server Health Monitoring, Automated Quorum Enforcement, Improved Security, and More Flexible, Efficient Management of Containerized Availability Groups

FORT COLLINS, Colo., March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- DH2i®, a leading provider of always-secure and always-on IT solutions, today announced the general availability (GA) launch of DxEnterprise v26.0 and DxOperator v2, featuring significant high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and operational resilience capabilities enhancements for SQL Server deployments across Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes environments. Together, the releases introduce meaningful advances in availability group (AG) protection, security controls, observability, and automation for both traditional and containerized SQL Server deployments.

In today's enterprises, a perfect storm has emerged where applications have become direct revenue channels, infrastructure complexity has increased while IT staffing has not, modernization initiatives are no longer optional, security and compliance requirements are tightening, and software update velocity has accelerated. Together, these forces expose the limits of traditional HA approaches. What once worked for small, static clusters no longer scales when SQL Server deployments span hybrid, multi-platform, and containerized environments that demand continuous availability, stronger safeguards, and higher levels of automation. DxEnterprise v26.0 and DxOperator v2 address these challenges head-on.

DxEnterprise v26.0 focuses on improving cluster resilience, visibility, and administrative confidence through enhanced monitoring, stronger safeguards against split-brain scenarios, expanded credential support, and platform modernization. DxOperator v2 extends those capabilities into Kubernetes environments, giving users greater control over scale, updates, and network configuration for SQL Server AGs running in containers.

"Enterprise IT teams are being asked to do something incredibly difficult right now. They have to keep SQL Server environments running around the clock, support modernization across Linux and Kubernetes, meet new security and compliance requirements, and still somehow reduce operational risk. Most of the traditional HA tools simply were not built for that world," said Don Boxley, CEO and Co-Founder, DH2i. "With DxEnterprise v26.0 and DxOperator v2, we set out to remove that pressure. DH2i is focused on giving organizations stronger safeguards, clearer visibility, and more automation so they can modernize at their own pace without compromising uptime… or their team's sanity."

"As organizations modernize their SQL Server environments across Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes, high availability and operational resilience become increasingly critical," said Amit Khandelwal, Principal Product Manager, Data Platform – SQL Server, Microsoft. "Features like Dxoperator-driven scale–up and scale–down of Availability Group replicas, database–level health monitoring enabled by default, streamlined AG configuration and more significantly improve how customers manage, operate, and scale SQL Server Availability Groups in hybrid and containerized environments with DH2i's DxEnterprise."

What's New in DxEnterprise v26.0

Deeper SQL Server and Availability Group Intelligence

Improved Security and Credential Resilience

Greater Stability and Observability

Platform and Usability Enhancements

What's New in DxOperator v2

Flexible Scaling Up and Down

Automated Rolling Updates

Advanced Network and Service Configuration

Redesigned Custom Resource and StatefulSet Adoption

DH2i's DxEnterprise v26.0 and DxOperator v2 are now generally available (GA) – to learn more, please visit: https://dh2i.com/dxenterprise-high-availability/ and https://dh2i.com/dxoperator-sql-server-operator-for-kubernetes/ respectively.

To dive even deeper, please join DH2i's upcoming webinar: "High Availability, Simplified: What's New in DxEnterprise v26 & DxOperator v2", on April 16 at 12:00 pm EDT. Save your seat by registering here: https://dh2i.com/webinar-simplified-high-availability-solution/

The Infographic can be found here: https://dh2i.com/blog/v26-simplified-sql-server-high-availability/.

About DH2i

DH2i Company is a leading provider of multi-platform smart high availability (HA) clustering software and software-defined perimeter (SDP) for Windows, Linux, and containers. DH2i enables users to connect securely and failover enterprise applications – from anywhere to anywhere. DH2i's DxOdyssey® SDP software, the unVPN® networking solution for Zero Trust security, enables users to create highly available application-level Zero Trust Network Access tunnels across any mix of locations and platforms. DH2i's DxEnterprise® smart high availability clustering software – now optimized for containers – delivers an all-in-one clustering solution for any application, any OS, any server configuration, and any cloud. DxEnterprise is the only SQL Server clustering solution that provides fully automatic failover of SQL Server AG in Kubernetes and OpenShift. To learn more, please visit www.dh2i.com, call 800-380-5405, or email [email protected].

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