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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?

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

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.

  • Configure a failover group to another region.

    Why it's wrong here

    Failover groups provide cross-region, not zonal, availability.

  • Deploy the instance in General Purpose tier with zone redundancy.

    Why it's wrong here

    General Purpose tier does not support zone redundancy.

  • Use a Hyperscale tier instance with zone redundancy.

    Why it's wrong here

    Hyperscale is not available for Managed Instance.

  • 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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