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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment
Your company has a policy that requires all Azure SQL Databases to be recoverable to a point in time within the last 5 minutes in the event of a user error. What should you configure?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Configure point-in-time restore (PITR) with a retention period of at least 5 minutes
Point-in-time restore (PITR) allows restoring a database to any point within the retention period. By configuring a retention period that covers at least the last 5 minutes, you can recover from user errors within 5 minutes. The default retention is 7 days, but you can configure it up to 35 days, so 5 minutes is easily achievable. Option B (zone-redundant configuration) provides high availability within a region but not point-in-time recovery. Option C (active geo-replication) is for disaster recovery to another region. Option D (long-term backup retention) is for backups beyond the PITR retention period, not for short-term recovery.
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 point-in-time restore (PITR) with a retention period of at least 5 minutes
Why this is correct
PITR allows restoring to any point within the retention period; default is 7 days, sufficient for 5 minutes.
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Enable zone-redundant configuration
Why it's wrong here
Zone redundancy protects against zone failure, not user errors.
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Set up active geo-replication to a secondary region
Why it's wrong here
Geo-replication is for disaster recovery, not for user error recovery.
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Enable long-term backup retention (LTR)
Why it's wrong here
LTR is for retaining backups for up to 10 years, not for immediate point-in-time recovery.
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Azure SQL Database Backup
Azure SQL Database Backup is a fully managed, automated service that creates and stores copies of your SQL database data and transaction logs in Azure storage, enabling point-in-time recovery and long-term retention for data protection and business continuity.
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