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Hi All,
Im looking to set up HA/Cluster printing on Windows servers in Azure, I understand MS have now deprecated Windows printing clustering. Ive reviewed the option to configure the printer spooler service within Windows Clustering which would switch between servers in the spooler job stops on one server.
Is it possible to have the same printer/queue on two separate printers which can be shared to the end user, or is it only possible to share a printer from directly on one server? If server A (primary) goes down users would need to reprint onto server B (secondary)?
Thanks,
Scott
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I have been able to achieve exactly what you are trying to do however with On-premise active / passive print server clustering - would work the same way with a cluster in Azure
Users don't install printer queues for both servers
I'm not using hyper-v HA print solution however changing the Microsoft built in configuration to achieve proper High availability printing I'm using Active / Passive print server clustering with windows server 2022
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Hello there,
You can make use of High Availability Printing feature.
High Availability Printing feature in Windows Server 2012 and describes how it can make your print servers highly available using Hyper-V virtual machines running as nodes in a cluster.
High Availability Printing, or HA Printing, is the combination of Microsoft Failover Clustering technologies and Hyper-V technologies deployed to make a Windows Server 2012 Print Server highly available.
Hope this resolves your Query !!
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I am a server engineer for the Government Health department and a print service SME for our entire state, I have a true High availability print solution for Microsoft printing using Microsoft Operating system Out Of Box server tools / services and does not use Hyper-V HA solution as this is Fault Tolerant and still a single point of failure
I'm using Active / passive print server clustering running on Windows Server 2022