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title Azure CLI Example: Configure a Failover Group for a Group of Databases in Azure SQL Database
description Use this Azure CLI example script to set up a failover group for a set of databases in Azure SQL Database and fail it over.
author WilliamDAssafMSFT
ms.author wiassaf
ms.reviewer mathoma
ms.date 06/10/2025
ms.service azure-sql-database
ms.subservice high-availability
ms.topic sample
ms.custom
devx-track-azurecli
ms.devlang azurecli

Configure a failover group for a group of databases in Azure SQL Database using the Azure CLI

[!INCLUDEappliesto-sqldb]

[!INCLUDE quickstarts-free-trial-note]

[!INCLUDE azure-cli-prepare-your-environment.md]

Sample script

[!INCLUDE cli-launch-cloud-shell-sign-in.md]

Run the script

:::code language="azurecli" source="~/../azure_cli_scripts/sql-database/setup-geodr-and-failover/setup-geodr-and-failover-database-failover-group.sh" id="FullScript":::

Clean up resources

[!INCLUDE cli-clean-up-resources.md]

az group delete --name $failoverResourceGroup -y
az group delete --name $resourceGroup

Sample reference

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

Command Description
az sql failover-group create Creates a failover group.
az sql failover-group set-primary Set the primary of the failover group by failing over all databases from the current primary server
az sql failover-group show Gets a failover group
az sql failover-group delete Deletes a failover group

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