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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment
Your organization has an Azure SQL Managed Instance that hosts a critical database. You need to configure disaster recovery with automatic failover to a secondary region. The solution must support readable secondary replicas for read-only workloads. Which TWO features should you implement?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Readable secondary replicas within the failover group.
The correct features are failover groups and readable secondary replicas. A failover group with a secondary managed instance in a different region provides automatic failover for disaster recovery. Within the failover group, you can configure the secondary replica to be readable, allowing read-only workloads to use it. Option C (failover group with secondary in different region) enables the automatic failover, and option B (readable secondary replicas within the failover group) is a configuration option that meets the requirement for readable secondaries. Together, they satisfy the disaster recovery and readability requirements.
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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Auto-failover groups with a secondary in the same region.
Why it's wrong here
Auto-failover groups are for SQL Database, and the secondary should be in a different region for DR.
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Readable secondary replicas within the failover group.
Why this is correct
Failover groups for SQL Managed Instance include a readable secondary replica by default.
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Failover group with a secondary managed instance in a different region.
Why this is correct
Failover groups provide automatic failover and a readable secondary.
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Active geo-replication between managed instances.
Why it's wrong here
Active geo-replication is not supported for SQL Managed Instance.
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Log shipping to a secondary managed instance.
Why it's wrong here
Log shipping is not a built-in feature for SQL Managed Instance.
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Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Managed Instance is a fully managed cloud database service that gives you nearly all the features of Microsoft SQL Server on your own server, without you having to manage the hardware or operating system.
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