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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment
Your company has an Azure SQL Database with a failover group configured to a secondary region. The primary region experiences a temporary network issue. The failover group is set to automatic failover with a grace period of 1 hour. What will happen?
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
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Automatic failover will start after 1 hour if the primary is still unreachable.
With automatic failover configured and a grace period of 1 hour, Azure SQL Database will wait for the grace period to expire before initiating failover. If the primary region remains unreachable after 1 hour, automatic failover occurs. Option A is incorrect because failover does not happen immediately; it waits for the grace period. Option B is incorrect because manual failover is possible but not required; automatic failover will proceed after the grace period. Option D is incorrect because the secondary database is not deleted or re-created; it is already provisioned and will become the primary upon 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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Automatic failover will happen immediately.
Why it's wrong here
The grace period prevents immediate failover.
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You must manually initiate failover.
Why it's wrong here
Automatic failover is enabled, so manual intervention is not required.
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Automatic failover will start after 1 hour if the primary is still unreachable.
Why this is correct
The grace period delays automatic failover.
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The secondary database will be deleted and re-created.
Why it's wrong here
Failover does not delete the secondary.
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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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