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T_Kawai2350
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Mar 03, 2020
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About windowsServer2019with workgroup cluster for which there is no Active Director

I want to know about function of WindowsServer2019 with workgroup cluster for which there is no Active Director. Is this covers all function comparing with WSFC which builded with  Active Director?
  • dretzer's avatar
    Mar 03, 2020

    Not everything is supported/available. You can read more here:

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/failover-clustering/workgroup-and-multi-domain-clusters-in-windows-server-2016/ba-p/372059

    From the article:


    The following table summarizes the workload support for Workgroup and Multi-site clusters.


    Cluster Workload


    Supported/Not Supported


    More Information


    SQL Server


    Supported


    We recommend that you use SQL Server Authentication.  This will apply to only SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (AGs).  SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) will require Kerberos for Active Directory authentication.


    File Server


    Supported, but not recommended


    Kerberos (which is not available) authentication is the preferred authentication protocol for Server Message Block (SMB) traffic.


    Hyper-V


    Supported, but not recommended


    Live migration is not supported. Quick migration is supported.


    Message Queuing (MSMQ)


    Not supported


    Message Queuing stores properties in AD DS.

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