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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure high availability and disaster recovery

Drag and drop the steps to configure a SQL Server Agent job in Azure SQL Managed Instance to run a maintenance task in the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

Steps
Order
1Step 1
2Step 2
3Step 3
4Step 4
5Step 5

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

Connect to the instance, create a job, define steps, schedule, then enable and start.

Connect to the instance, create a job, define steps, schedule, then enable and start.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • Connect to the instance, create a job, define steps, schedule, then enable and start.

    Why this is correct

    This is the correct order because you must first establish a connection, then create the job object, define its steps, set a schedule, and finally enable and start the job.

  • Create a job, define steps, schedule, connect to the instance, then enable and start.

    Why it's wrong here

    This is incorrect because you cannot create a job before connecting to the instance; the connection is required first.

  • Connect to the instance, define steps, create a job, schedule, then enable and start.

    Why it's wrong here

    This is incorrect because you must create the job before defining steps; steps belong to a job.

  • Connect to the instance, create a job, schedule, define steps, then enable and start.

    Why it's wrong here

    This is incorrect because the schedule should be set after defining steps, otherwise the job would run without steps.

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