Manage Always On availability group
06/10/2025 An Always On availability group is an enterprise level high availability and disaster recovery solution for SQL Server. This article describes how to manage a SQL
An Always On availability group is an enterprise level high availability and disaster recovery
solution for SQL Server. This article describes how to manage a SQL Server enabled by Azure
Arc instance, in Azure portal. Specifically you can:
View list of availability groups and status
Failover
You have a
Contributor role
or a
Custom role
with
permissions in at least one of
the Azure subscriptions that your organization created.
Learn how to create a new subscription.
Follow the steps to view the availability groups that are configured for the SQL Server enabled
by Azure Arc:
- In your Azure portal, browse to the overview page of the SQL Server enabled by Azure
Arc
- Select
Azure portal will display the availability groups configured for the SQL Server instance on
the right
- Select the availability group that you want to review
Azure portal displays the health and status of the Always on Availability Group similar to the
Availability Group dashboard shown in SQL Server Management Studio. This includes:
The current primary replica
Availability group state
Availability group replicas
Failover mode
Microsoft.AzureArcData/SqlServerInstances/AvailabilityGroups