AlwaysOn Availability Groups: Interoperability (SQL Server)

This topic documents interoperability of AlwaysOn Availability Groups with other SQL Server features in SQL Server 2012.

In This Topic:

• Features That Interoperate with AlwaysOn Availability Groups

• Features that Do Not Interoperate with AlwaysOn Availability Groups

• Related Content

Features That Interoperate with AlwaysOn Availability Groups

The following table lists SQL Server features that interoperate with AlwaysOn Availability Groups in SQL Server 2012. A link in the More Information column indicates that interoperability considerations exist for a given feature.

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Features that Do Not Interoperate with AlwaysOn Availability Groups

AlwaysOn Availability Groups does not interoperate with the following features:

• Cross-database transactions/distributed transactions

  For information about why such transactions are not supported, see Cross-Database Transactions Not Supported For Database Mirroring or AlwaysOn Availability Groups (SQL Server).

• Database mirroring

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Related Content

• **Blogs: **

  Migration Guide: Migrating to SQL Server 2012 Failover Clustering and Availability Groups from Prior Clustering and Mirroring Deployments

  SQL Server AlwaysOn Team Blogs: The official SQL Server AlwaysOn Team Blog

  CSS SQL Server Engineers Blogs

• **Whitepapers: **

  Migration Guide: Migrating to AlwaysOn Availability Groups from Prior Deployments Combining Database Mirroring and Log Shipping

  Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn Solutions Guide for High Availability and Disaster Recovery

  Microsoft White Papers for SQL Server 2012

  SQL Server Customer Advisory Team Whitepapers

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See Also

Concepts

Overview of AlwaysOn Availability Groups (SQL Server)

Prerequisites, Restrictions, and Recommendations for AlwaysOn Availability Groups (SQL Server)