Merge pull request #103761 from MladjoA/patch-13

Limitation of failover group across subscriptions or resource groups

Author: PRMerger18

articles/sql-database/sql-database-managed-instance-transact-sql-information.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ms.topic: conceptual
 author: jovanpop-msft
 ms.author: jovanpop
 ms.reviewer: sstein, carlrab, bonova, danil
-ms.date: 12/30/2019
+ms.date: 02/10/2020
 ms.custom: seoapril2019
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@@ -528,6 +528,15 @@ A managed instance places verbose information in error logs. There are many inte
 
 ## <a name="Issues"></a> Known issues
 
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+### Limitation of manual failover via portal for failover groups
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+**Date:** Jan 2020
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+If failover group spans across instances in different Azure subscriptions or resource groups, manual failover cannot be initiated from the primary instance in the failover group.
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+**Workaround**: Initiate failover via portal from the geo-secondary instance.
+
 ### SQL Agent roles need explicit EXECUTE permissions for non-sysadmin logins
 
 **Date:** Dec 2019