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Evaluate health of the Always On availability group using group policies

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Applies to: SQL Server

The Always On availability groups system policies are used by the Always On Dashboard to provide information on the availability group health to the user. They are very useful for initial troubleshooting of an availability group's operational issues. These policies can be extended and used to customize the Always On Dashboard, or run instantly to report the desired health information.

There are 14 system policies for availability groups. For detailed information on each policy, see Always On policies for operational issues with Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server).

View or evaluate availability groups system policies

To view or run the availability groups system policies in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), do the following:

  1. In the Object Explorer, expand Management, Policy Management, Policies, and then System Policies.

  2. Right-click one of the policies and click Evaluate. If you want to evaluate the policy you selected, you are done. You can click View in the Target details box to see the details of the evaluation results.

  3. To view all the availability groups system policies, in the Select a page pane, click Policy Selection.

Next steps

The Always On health model, part 2: Extending the health model.