DP-203 Design and implement data storage Practice Question
Which TWO Azure services can be used to implement a data lakehouse architecture with Delta Lake?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently assume Azure Data Factory can implement a data lakehouse because it can copy data to ADLS, but they miss that a data lakehouse requires a compute engine (like Spark or serverless SQL) and a transactional storage layer (Delta Lake), not just data movement.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Azure Databricks
Azure Databricks is correct because it provides a unified analytics platform with native Delta Lake support, enabling ACID transactions, schema enforcement, and time travel on data lakes. Delta Lake is an open-source storage layer that brings reliability to data lakes, and Azure Databricks is the primary service for running Delta Lake workloads at scale.
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For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Azure Databricks
Why this is correct
Databricks is the primary platform for Delta Lake.
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Azure Data Factory
Why it's wrong here
ADF can copy data to/from Delta Lake but does not implement lakehouse natively.
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Azure Cosmos DB
Why it's wrong here
Cosmos DB is a NoSQL database, not a data lake.
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Azure Synapse Analytics serverless SQL pool
Why this is correct
Serverless SQL pool supports querying Delta Lake tables via OPENROWSET.
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Azure SQL Database
Why it's wrong here
Azure SQL Database does not support Delta Lake format.
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