Improvement
Assume that you use the AlwaysOn Availability Groups feature in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 or 2017 with DTC_SUPPORT=PER_DB. After you apply this update, you can use Snapshot Isolation and Savepoints for cross-database transactions against Availability Group databases. This applies if all databases that are involved in the transaction are currently hosted on the same instance.
Resolution
On-demand Hotfix Information
This improvement is included in the following on-demand hotfixes for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update Information
This improvement is included in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:
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More information
The following are some common error messages that you may encounter before this improvement is implemented:
Error 3996: Snapshot isolation level is not supported for distributed transaction. Use another isolation level or do not use distributed transaction. Error 3933: Cannot promote the transaction to a distributed transaction because there is an active save point in this transaction. Error 627: Cannot use SAVE TRANSACTION within a distributed transaction.
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