Match each Azure SQL Database performance tuning feature to its description.
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Provides analysis of query performance and resource consumption
Automatically adjusts indexes and query plans
Proactive diagnostics and performance recommendations
Provides recommendations for index and query optimization
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Query Performance Insight: Provides intelligent query analysis with performance history and recommendations.
Azure SQL Database provides several performance tuning features. Query Performance Insight offers query-level analysis, Automatic Tuning automatically applies index and plan changes, Intelligent Insights gives proactive diagnostics, and Database Advisor provides configuration recommendations. Common confusions involve swapping the automatic tuning and insight features.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Query Performance Insight: Provides intelligent query analysis with performance history and recommendations.
Why this is correct
This is the correct description of Query Performance Insight.
Automatic Tuning: Automatically applies performance improvements like index creation and plan forcing.
Why this is correct
This is the correct description of Automatic Tuning.
Intelligent Insights: Provides proactive performance monitoring with root cause analysis and diagnostics.
Why this is correct
This is the correct description of Intelligent Insights.
Database Advisor: Analyzes database query patterns and provides configuration recommendations.
Why this is correct
This is the correct description of Database Advisor.
Query Performance Insight: Automatically applies performance improvements like index creation and plan forcing.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect – this description belongs to Automatic Tuning, not Query Performance Insight.
Automatic Tuning: Provides proactive performance monitoring with root cause analysis and diagnostics.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect – this description belongs to Intelligent Insights, not Automatic Tuning.
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