DP-300 Implement a secure environment Practice Question
Your Azure SQL Database contains sensitive financial data. You need to audit all data modifications (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) and store the audit logs in a central Azure Storage account for compliance. What should you configure?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse security monitoring tools (Defender for SQL, Vulnerability Assessment) or performance diagnostics (query store) with the specific auditing feature required for capturing data modification logs for compliance.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Enable auditing on the database and set the audit log destination to an Azure Storage account.
Azure SQL Database's built-in auditing feature can be configured to capture all data modifications (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) and write audit logs directly to an Azure Storage account. This meets the compliance requirement for centralized, durable storage of audit records without additional services or complex pipelines.
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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Enable auditing on the database and set the audit log destination to an Azure Storage account.
Why this is correct
Auditing captures data modifications and can be stored in storage.
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Configure diagnostic settings to stream query store data to an event hub.
Why it's wrong here
Query store data is not audit logs.
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Enable Microsoft Defender for SQL and configure security alerts to be sent to a storage account.
Why it's wrong here
Defender for SQL provides security alerts, not audit logs.
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Enable SQL Vulnerability Assessment and export the results to a storage account.
Why it's wrong here
Vulnerability assessment scans for security weaknesses, not audit logs.
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Azure SQL Performance Tuning
Azure SQL Performance Tuning is the process of optimizing the speed and efficiency of queries and database operations in Microsoft Azure SQL Database or SQL Managed Instance to reduce latency and improve throughput.
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