Ever since SQL on Linux was announced I have thought that Windows is on a declining path.

The final hurdle for many organisations will be a native Linux version of AD. ...

Sync v async...  What do your SLAs say. 

Is minimising failover time more important than minimising query performance.  Is your network up to supporting sync replication, which means...

Each option has advantages and disadvantages, You need to choose what is best for you.

Both options cost the same.  If you run in A/P mode the licensing is...

I think you made the right choice.  Using DNS aliases in the connection string gives stabilityof the connection string wherever the alias is pointing.
In your situation you obviously have...

We did something similar about a year ago.  One of our main objectives was to minimise downtime. 

The main potential period of downtime is where we migrate databases from...

I could moan about the addiction Windows has for reboots and remember the many months of uptime commonly seen on MVS/370 where a patch seldom required an outage.  (I think...

It won't help your current problem, but you need to get your company rules changed for system drive size.  60GB for Windows and SQL server over a lifetime of 5...

You need to be aware there are two separate Reporting Services products available for SQL 2017:
* SQL Server Reporting Services
* PowerBI Reporting Services

SQL Server Reporting Services...

There are two aspects of the OP: 1) Pro and Con of using SPs; 2) Cost of conversion

For me the main advantage of SPs over code embedded in...

Somehow I didn't get Perry's responses until after I made my last post.  Perry has answered it all I think.

So you have WSFC which provides clustering at the Windows level, and SQL FCI the provides clustering at the SQL Server level.  FCI sits on top of WSFC.

For...

When you install SQL Serve rit has to either be installed as a SQL Cluster or as a stand-alone instance.  You cannot change a non-clustered SQL install to a clustered...

I think your consultant is giving you a gold-plated solution.  It undoubtedly has the capability to work but will cost a lot to implement.  

If you are not...

If you are going for what is called 'Out of Region' second node with SQL Clustering then you will need a mechanism to keep both data stores synchronised.  Windows 2016...

Personally I would look at using Availability Groups instead of clustering SQL Server.  AGs will meet your availability and resilience targets and are a far more strategic direction for SQL...