There are many limitations to Always On for Standard Edition, and they are all documented here. Basically, you get to use a single availability database with a single secondary replica, with no read access on the secondary replica.

Issue:

Unable to setup readable secondary databases on SQL Server 2019 Standard Edition

Fix:

Upgrade from Standard Edition to Enterprise or Developer Edition.

Sources:

https://www.madeiradata.com/post/always-on-availability-groups-in-standard-edition

Last modified: September 24, 2021

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