Creation & configuration

The topics in this section explain how to deploy a Always On availability groups

implementation on instances of SQL Server 2012 (11.x) that reside on different Windows Server

Failover Clustering (WSFC) nodes within a single WSFC failover cluster.

Before you create your first availability group, we strongly recommend that you familiarize

yourself with the information in the following topics:

Prerequisites, Restrictions, and Recommendations for Always On Availability Groups (SQL

Server)

This topic describes the prerequisites, restrictions, and recommendations for computers; WSFC

nodes; instances of SQL Server; availability groups, replicas, and databases. This topic also

contains information about security considerations.

Getting Started with Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server)

Contains information about the steps for configuring a server instance, creating an availability

group, configuring the availability group for client connections, managing availability groups,

and monitoring availability groups.

Enable and Disable Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server)

Create a Database Mirroring Endpoint for Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server

PowerShell)

Create a Database Mirroring Endpoint for Windows Authentication (Transact-SQL)

Allow a Database Mirroring Endpoint to Use Certificates for Outbound Connections

(Transact-SQL)

Getting Started with Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server)