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Must all db servers be running the exact same version to enable mirroring without a witness server? How about with a witness server in place?

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The partners must be the same edition and the same version.

Please see BOL's reference on Database Mirroring Overview

For a new mirroring session to be established, the partners and the witness, if any, must be running on the same version of SQL Server.


Since SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1), database mirroring partners and witnesses have been supported by Standard and Enterprise Edition. But the partners must use the same edition, and asynchronous database mirroring (high-performance mode) is supported only by Enterprise Edition. Witnesses are also supported by Workgroup Edition and Express Edition.

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