Cannot open database properties dialog on a database NOT in an availability group Here are four database servers. Database A is in an availability group. Database B is not - an instance exists on each server. On all but one of the servers, I am able to right-click on database B in SQL Server Management Studio and view its properties. On server 2, I get an error message that "the target database ('A') is in an availability group". This is true, but I'm not trying to access that database.

How can I view the properties of the instance of database B on server 2?

To re-iterate: I right-click on database B and select "Properties", and it tells me database A is in an availability group.

I'm logging into SSMS with Windows Authentication. I changed the connection details so my default DB is master, just in case that was the issue (it wasn't).

If it makes a difference, in the availability group for database A, this is the server that has a synchronized copy with automatic fail-over turned on.
Closing and re-starting SQL Server Management Studio fixed the problem.

Thanks to @SeanGallardy-Microsoft.