DP-300 Configure and manage automation of tasks Practice Question
A company has multiple Azure SQL Databases and wants to automate the deployment of schema changes using a CI/CD pipeline. They need to ensure that changes are automatically rolled back if any step fails. Which Azure service should they use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Azure DevOps with Azure SQL Database deployment task
Azure SQL Database elastic jobs are designed for automating administrative tasks, not CI/CD. Azure Automation with PowerShell runbooks can orchestrate rollbacks but requires custom scripting. Azure DevOps with Azure SQL Deployment task supports transactional deployments with built-in rollback on failure. Azure Machine Learning is irrelevant.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Azure Automation with PowerShell runbooks
Why it's wrong here
PowerShell runbooks can be used but require custom logic for rollback; not a native CI/CD solution.
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Azure SQL Database elastic jobs
Why it's wrong here
Elastic jobs are for scheduled administrative tasks, not CI/CD deployments.
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Azure Machine Learning
Why it's wrong here
Azure Machine Learning is for ML models, not database deployments.
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Azure DevOps with Azure SQL Database deployment task
Why this is correct
Azure DevOps provides CI/CD pipelines with built-in support for Azure SQL Database deployment, including transactional deployment and rollback.
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Key term
Azure SQL Performance Tuning
Azure SQL Performance Tuning is the process of optimizing the speed and efficiency of queries and database operations in Microsoft Azure SQL Database or SQL Managed Instance to reduce latency and improve throughput.
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