Getting started

This topic introduces the steps for configuring instances of SQL Server to support Always On

availability groups and for creating, managing, and monitoring an availability group.

Before you create your first availability group, read the following topics:

Overview of Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server)

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

Server)

You must enable

the Always On availability groups feature on every instance

of SQL Server that participates in an availability group.

Prerequisites:

The host computer must be a Windows

Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) node unless it’s a

read-

scale availability group

or on

Linux.

For information about the other prerequisites, see “SQL

Server Instance Prerequisites and Restrictions” in

Prerequisites, Restrictions, and Recommendations for

Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server).

Enable and disable Always On Availability

Groups

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