Hello MS
I was asked to implement MSSQL server with always on feature, let me detail my setup as follows
- Built Two Azure Virtual Machine in the same cloud service with Multi NIC feature,
- Joined the virtual machines to a domain controller on the same (cloud service and virtual network)
- configured windows failover clustering in the virtual machine mentioned above as node 1 and node 2
- Installed MSSQL Server on those virtual machine and enabled the always on feature
- created availability group, added DB replicas, added two nodes
- it worked for me!! but my question here for you guys is
"i am not sure whether the MSSQL always-on feature works without windows failover clustering?"
I used the following the article to implement the above said scenario
http://www.sqlpassion.at/archive/2012/03/21/sql-server-2012-alwayson-availability-groups-part-1/
Please guide em through with some article which states MSSQL Always-On feature and its possibilities and limitations.