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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment
You manage a SQL Managed Instance in the East US region. The instance must be recoverable within 1 hour in the event of a regional disaster. You need to configure a secondary replica in a paired region with automatic failover. Which solution meets the requirement?
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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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Create an auto-failover group with a secondary replica in West US.
SQL Managed Instance supports automatic failover groups with a readable secondary in a paired region. Option A is wrong because log shipping is not supported for Managed Instance. Option B is wrong because geo-restore takes up to 12 hours, which does not meet the 1-hour RTO requirement. Option D is wrong because Always On availability groups on SQL Managed Instance do not support automatic failover across regions; they require manual failover.
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 log shipping to a secondary instance in West US.
Why it's wrong here
SQL Managed Instance does not support log shipping.
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Enable geo-redundant backup storage and use geo-restore.
Why it's wrong here
Geo-restore has a recovery time objective (RTO) of up to 12 hours, not 1 hour.
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Create an auto-failover group with a secondary replica in West US.
Why this is correct
Auto-failover groups provide automatic failover within minutes and an RTO of 1 hour is achievable.
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Deploy an Always On availability group with a synchronous secondary in West US.
Why it's wrong here
Always On availability groups require manual failover and are not fully managed in Managed Instance.
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