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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment
Which TWO of the following are benefits of using Azure SQL Database failover groups compared to active geo-replication alone?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse the features of active geo-replication (like readable secondaries and manual failover) with the unique benefits of failover groups, which are specifically the ability to fail over multiple databases as a group and the automatic failover based on a grace period.
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 of multiple databases in a single group.
Failover groups extend active geo-replication by allowing you to manage failover for a group of databases as a single unit. This simplifies the failover process when you have multiple databases that must be failed over together to maintain application consistency. Option B is correct because failover groups support the coordinated failover of multiple databases, which active geo-replication alone does not.
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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Support for manual failover.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: Both support manual failover.
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Failover of multiple databases in a single group.
Why this is correct
Correct: Failover groups allow coordinated failover of multiple databases.
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Readable secondary replicas for read-scale workloads.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: Both support readable secondaries.
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Automatic failover based on the grace period.
Why this is correct
Correct: Failover groups support automatic failover; active geo-replication requires manual failover.
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Synchronous data replication to the secondary.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: Both use synchronous replication for the secondary.
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