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DP-300 Failover group Practice Question
You have an Azure SQL Database in the Premium tier configured with a failover group to a secondary region. The secondary region is not readable. You need to ensure that the secondary database is readable for reporting purposes without compromising the failover group's DR capabilities. Which TWO actions should you take? (Select 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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Configure active geo-replication in addition to the failover group.
Setting the failover group's secondary type to 'readable' enables read-only access to the secondary database for reporting, while preserving the failover group's DR capabilities. Option A is correct because configuring active geo-replication in addition to the failover group creates a separate readable secondary database that does not interfere with the existing failover group's DR, providing an alternative method for read-only workloads. Option C is incorrect because adding a zone-redundant replica (a high-availability feature across availability zones) does not affect the readability of the secondary in a failover group. Option B is incorrect because read scale-out on the primary only allows read-only connections to the primary, not the secondary. Option D is incorrect because changing the secondary's service tier to Business Critical does not automatically make it readable; readability is controlled by the failover group's secondary type.
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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Configure active geo-replication in addition to the failover group.
Why this is correct
Correct: Active geo-replication creates a separate readable secondary database that does not impact the existing failover group's DR capabilities, providing a read-only target for reporting.
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Enable read scale-out on the primary database.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: Read scale-out on the primary only allows read-only connections to the primary database, not the secondary in the failover group.
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Add a zone-redundant replica to the secondary region.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: Adding a zone-redundant replica improves high availability within a region but does not make the secondary database in a failover group readable.
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Change the secondary database's service tier to Business Critical.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: Changing the secondary's service tier to Business Critical does not guarantee readability; the failover group's secondary type must be set to readable.
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Set the failover group's secondary type to readable.
Why this is correct
Correct: Setting the failover group's secondary type to 'readable' directly enables read-only access to the secondary database for reporting while maintaining DR capabilities.
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