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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment
Which THREE factors should you consider when choosing between active geo-replication and failover groups for an Azure SQL Database disaster recovery solution?
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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Failover groups require all databases in the group to fail over together.
The correct answers are A, C, and E. Option A is correct because failover groups fail over all databases in the group together. Option C is correct because failover groups provide a single readable/writable listener endpoint. Option E is correct because active geo-replication supports up to 4 readable secondaries. Option B is incorrect: active geo-replication is available in both the Premium and Business Critical tiers, not just Business Critical. Option D is incorrect: failover groups support readable secondaries.
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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Failover groups require all databases in the group to fail over together.
Why this is correct
Active geo-replication allows per-database failover.
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Active geo-replication is only available in the Business Critical tier.
Why it's wrong here
Both are available in all tiers that support geo-replication.
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Failover groups provide a single listener endpoint for multiple databases.
Why this is correct
Failover groups can include multiple databases and provide a listener.
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Failover groups do not support readable secondaries.
Why it's wrong here
Both support readable secondaries.
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Active geo-replication allows up to 4 readable secondary replicas.
Why this is correct
Failover groups support only one secondary per database.
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