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Always on high availability groups option is grayed out

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Problem

I'm trying to enable the Always on HA groups using SQL 2016 STD, but the option is grayed out as shown below

any hints on how to enable it would be appreciated.

Regards,

Hussein

Solution

You cant do that.
From Microsoft documentation:

Prior to SQL Server 2017, and Windows Server 2016, the instance had to
reside on a Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) node to enable the
Always On availability group feature

And in your image is indicated SQL Server does not reside on a Failover Cluster.
Upgrade to sql 2017 or implement a Failover cluster.

Context

StackExchange Database Administrators Q#317853, answer score: 3

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