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Setting up SQL Managed Instance Link to an Availability Group (Updated September 2025)

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SamGarth
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Jan 10, 2025

We will go through an example to ensure an AG failover does not break Managed Instance Link.

On a recent case, a customer was trying to set up SQL Managed Instance Link to partner with an on premise Always On Availability Group (AG). Using the public documentation will work, but there are so...
Updated Sep 19, 2025
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PaulW1290
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Sep 15, 2025

Does this solution solve the issue of not being able to set up an instance link to an on-prem AG Group containing multiple databases? So far I have only read that setting up instance link with on-premises can only be done if the on-prem AG Group only contains a single database, and not multiple databases?

 

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    SamGarth
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    Sep 22, 2025

    Hi Paul, thank you for the question. This post has been updated with further information. It is still only supported with one database in the availability group.