Configure cross-platform (Windows and Linux)

2017 (14.x) and later versions

This article explains the steps to create an Always On availability group (AG) with one replica on a

Windows server and the other replica on a Linux server.

This configuration is cross-platform because the replicas are on different operating systems. Use

this configuration for migration from one platform to the other or disaster recovery (DR). This

configuration doesn’t support high availability.

Before proceeding, you should be familiar with installation and configuration for SQL Server

instances on Windows and Linux.

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Important

cross-platform availability groups, which include heterogeneous replicas with

complete high-availability and disaster recovery support, is available with DH2i DxEnterprise.

For more information, see

Availability Groups with Mixed Operating Systems.

View the following video to find out about cross-platform availability groups with DH2i.

https://learn-video.azurefd.net/vod/player?show=data-exposed&ep=get-started-with-sql-

server-ags-across-windows-linux-and-container-replicas&locale=en-

us&embedUrl=%2Fsql%2Flinux%2Fsql-server-linux-availability-group-cross-platform