This document summarizes an SQL Server 2008 training course on implementing high availability features. It discusses database snapshots that allow querying from a point-in-time version of a database. It also covers configuring database mirroring, which provides redundancy by synchronizing a principal database to a mirror. Other topics include partitioned tables for improved concurrency, using SQL Agent proxies for job security, performing online index operations for minimal locking, and setting up mirrored backups.