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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment
Which TWO disaster recovery options are available for Azure SQL Database? (Choose two.)
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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Auto-failover groups.
Active geo-replication and auto-failover groups are the two primary disaster recovery options for Azure SQL Database. Active geo-replication provides asynchronous replication of a database to a secondary region, while auto-failover groups extend this by allowing failover of multiple databases and providing read-only endpoints. Options A (database mirroring) and D (log shipping) are not supported for Azure SQL Database. Option C (Always On availability groups) is a feature for SQL Server on Azure VMs, not for Azure SQL Database.
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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Database mirroring.
Why it's wrong here
Database mirroring is deprecated.
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Auto-failover groups.
Why this is correct
Failover groups provide automatic failover with multiple databases.
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Always On availability groups.
Why it's wrong here
Availability groups are for SQL Server on VMs.
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Log shipping.
Why it's wrong here
Log shipping is not supported in Azure SQL Database.
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Active geo-replication.
Why this is correct
Active geo-replication creates a readable secondary in another region.
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