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Cross Domain Authentication: How Certificate Based Auth Can Kill Your Availability Groups
I originally wrote about a version of this issue a while ago on Straight Path Solutions’ blog. That post covered a detailed breakdown of what happened, lessons learned, and other nuances and recovery touchpoints that had to be addressed. This is going to be a shorter, standalone retelling that is going to focus on just…
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DAG Administration: The Remove And Re-Add Operations I Had To Learn The Hard Way
I’ve seen a lot of great blog posts and content out there talking about Distributed Availability Groups (DAGs). However, I haven’t come across much of anything covering the actual administration of them. Especially for those choosing to use a DAG as their Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy. If you’re choosing to use a DAG for your…
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Migrating 20+ Production AGs From Windows Server 2016 To 2025: A Distributed Availability Groups Deep Dive
Before we dive in, this is a longer post but if you’re staring down a Windows Server 2016 end of support deadline with AGs in your environment, it’s worth every minute. I hope this post can help answer some questions that pop up when choosing a migration approach for something like this. Setting The Scene…