Creating a cloud-based AlwaysOn Availability Group

We now have an on-premise Availability Group. With SQL Server 2014, it is possible to create an AlwaysOn Availability Group in Azure. You have two options: you can either create an availability that resides entirely in the cloud, or you can create a hybrid environment.

Creating an AlwaysOn Availability Group in Microsoft Azure

In this section, we will look at creating an Availability Group that resides entirely in Microsoft Azure. In order to configure this on Microsoft Azure, you need the following:

• A virtual network setup in Azure

• A storage account setup

• A Microsoft Azure domain controller

• WSFC

• One or more Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines with SQL Server 2014 installed and configured for AlwaysOn Availability Group

Build the Availability Group just as you have read in the previous tutorial. As you can see, in this case, it is the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) you have configured everything else. The following tutorial provided by Microsoft...