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DP-203 Practice Question: Drag and drop the steps to set up Azure Data Lake…
Drag and drop the steps to set up Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 hierarchical namespace for a data lake into the correct order.
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Correct answer & explanation
Enable hierarchical namespace on storage account, create a container, create directories, set permissions, upload data.
The storage account must have hierarchical namespace enabled. Then create a container, directories, set permissions, and upload data.
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Enable hierarchical namespace on storage account, create a container, create directories, set permissions, upload data.
Why this is correct
This is the correct order because hierarchical namespace must be enabled at account creation, then a container is created, followed by directories, then ACL permissions are set, and finally data is uploaded.
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Enable hierarchical namespace on storage account, create directories, create a container, set permissions, upload data.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because a container must exist before directories can be created; directories are children of a container.
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Enable hierarchical namespace on storage account, create a container, set permissions, create directories, upload data.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because permissions (ACLs) are applied to directories and files; directories must exist before setting permissions on them.
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Create a container, enable hierarchical namespace on storage account, create directories, set permissions, upload data.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because hierarchical namespace must be enabled before creating a container; otherwise the container cannot support the hierarchical structure.
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