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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment
You need to ensure that an Azure SQL Managed Instance remains available in the event of a single availability zone failure in a region that supports availability zones. What should you configure?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Deploy the instance in Business Critical tier with zone-redundant configuration.
For zone redundancy in Azure SQL Managed Instance, the Business Critical tier is required. Option D is correct because it specifies deploying in Business Critical tier with zone-redundant configuration, which provides resilience within a single region across availability zones. Option A is incorrect because a failover group to another region addresses regional disasters, not zonal failures. Option B is incorrect because the General Purpose tier does not support zone redundancy. Option C is incorrect because Hyperscale is a service tier for Azure SQL Database, not for Managed Instance.
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 a failover group to another region.
Why it's wrong here
Failover groups provide cross-region, not zonal, availability.
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Deploy the instance in General Purpose tier with zone redundancy.
Why it's wrong here
General Purpose tier does not support zone redundancy.
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Use a Hyperscale tier instance with zone redundancy.
Why it's wrong here
Hyperscale is not available for Managed Instance.
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Deploy the instance in Business Critical tier with zone-redundant configuration.
Why this is correct
Business Critical supports zone redundancy for Managed Instance.
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