database-mirroring-interoperability-and-coexistence-sql-server.md

title	Database Mirroring: Interoperability and Coexistence (SQL Server) | Microsoft Docs
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Database Mirroring: Interoperability and Coexistence (SQL Server)

Database mirroring can be used with the following features or components of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion]:

• AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances (SQL Server Failover Clustering)

• Change data capture (and change tracking)

• Database snapshots

• Full-text catalogs

• Log shipping

• Replication

Database mirroring does not interoperate with the following:

• Cross-database transactions/distributed transactions

  For information about why such transactions are not supported, see Cross-Database Transactions Not Supported For Database Mirroring or AlwaysOn Availability Groups (SQL Server).

• [!INCLUDEssHADR]

See Also

Database Mirroring (SQL Server)