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How to enable New SQL server failover Cluster installation if it is grreyed out in windows 10

Harika Vinnakota 1 Reputation point
2021-04-09T19:42:41.93+00:00

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  1. Alberto Poblacion 1,571 Reputation points
    2021-04-11T09:55:52.203+00:00

    You can´t. To enable SQL server failover Cluster, it is first necessary that the underlying operating system be configured as a Windows failover Cluster. But Windows 10 does not support failover clustering. You need Windows Server for this.

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  2. Xiaowei He 9,936 Reputation points
    2021-04-12T03:28:03.917+00:00

    Hi,

    Windows Server failover cluster role requires to be installed on Windows Server system. Windows 10 system is not supported.

    You may refer to the following article about how to install SQL failover cluster:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/failover-clusters/install/sql-server-failover-cluster-installation?view=sql-server-ver15

    Thanks for your time!
    Best Regards,
    Anne

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