DP-700 Implement and Manage an Analytics Solution Practice Question
You are designing a governance strategy for Microsoft Fabric. You want to ensure that certain sensitive data remains within specific geographic boundaries. Which TWO Fabric features or settings can help you implement and enforce this requirement?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse data residency with data protection or encryption, incorrectly selecting features like 'Sensitivity Labels' which govern data classification rather than the physical geographic location of the data.
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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Multi-geo capacities
Data residency is a critical part of governance. Fabric allows for multi-geo capabilities where capacities can be created in different regions. Additionally, tenant settings can restrict where data is stored or processed. Combining these features ensures that sensitive data adheres to legal and regulatory requirements regarding geographic boundaries and data sovereignty.
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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Multi-geo capacities
Why this is correct
Multi-geo capacities allow an organization to create Fabric capacities in different Azure regions. By assigning specific workspaces to a capacity located in a particular region, you ensure that the data stored in the Lakehouses and the compute used for processing remain within that specific geographic boundary.
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Workspace-level region settings
Why it's wrong here
Workspaces do not have an independent region setting. Instead, they inherit the region of the capacity they are assigned to. To change the region of a workspace, it must be moved to a capacity that was provisioned in the desired Azure region by a capacity administrator.
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Tenant setting: 'Users can create and use shortcuts'
Why it's wrong here
While this setting controls the ability to link to external data, it does not enforce geographic boundaries for the data already within Fabric. Shortcuts can actually lead to data being accessed across regions, so disabling them might limit external access but isn't the primary tool for geographic data residency.
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OneLake data residency tenant settings
Why this is correct
Fabric administrators can configure tenant settings that restrict the creation of capacities to certain regions or control how data moves between regions. These settings provide a top-down approach to ensuring that users do not inadvertently provision resources in regions that violate the organization's compliance and data residency policies.
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Sensitivity labels with mandatory labeling
Why it's wrong here
Sensitivity labels (via Microsoft Purview) help classify and protect data based on its content, but they do not physically restrict the Azure region where the data is stored or processed. They are used for encryption and access control rather than enforcing geographic data residency requirements.
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