Availability Group Installation

Question

Hi Expert, I wanted to create availability group in windows 2012 server standard edition. is it possible to create it? Regards Shree

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you very much for your feedback. And sorry for my carelessness since I didn't noticed the version of the server 2012 before. May I know if this server was a SQL server? Please kindly note that the feature availability group was first introduced in SQL Server 2012, and it was an Enterprise Edition feature only. And from SQL server 2016, the standard version supports basic availability group.

For more details, please refer to the following article:

Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2012

Basic Always On availability groups for a single database

Best Regards,
Sunny

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Answer 2

is it possible to install on windows server 2012 standard edition?

Answer 3

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Q&A platform and sorry for the late reply.

As for your question, you can install the AlwasOn Availability Group on Windows server 2012. Please kindly refer to the detailed steps:

Steps for Installing SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups

Best Regards,
Sunny

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