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Hey,<br />
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Are you taking about Azure availability groups?<br />
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Regards,<br />
Pratik Somaiya
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Hey,

Are you taking about Azure availability groups?

Regards,
Pratik Somaiya

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No, just on a regular standalone cluster.
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No, just on a regular standalone cluster.

SQL DBA

barnesco

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I've read Microsoft's explanation on joining a database to an availability group using the &quot;join only&quot; and &quot;skip initial data synchronization&quot; options, but I don't get it. Both appear to be the same. I'm restoring the database in no recovery mode and both appear to join the secondary database to the group in the same way. So what's the difference?
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I've read Microsoft's explanation on joining a database to an availability group using the "join only" and "skip initial data synchronization" options, but I don't get it. Both appear to be the same. I'm restoring the database in no recovery mode and both appear to join the secondary database to the group in the same way. So what's the difference?

Availability group join only vs skip initial data synchronization

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