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1. Topic 1, Litware

Existing Environment

Network Environment

The manufacturing and research datacenters connect to the primary datacenter by using a VPN.

The primary datacenter has an ExpressRoute connection that uses both Microsoft peering and private peering. The private peering connects to an Azure virtual network named HubVNet.

Identity Environment

Litware has a hybrid Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) deployment that uses a domain named litwareinc.com. All Azure subscriptions are associated to the litwareinc.com Azure AD tenant.

Database Environment

The sales department has the following database workload:

- An on-premises named SERVER1 hosts an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and two 1-TB databases.

- A logical server named SalesSrv01A contains a geo-replicated Azure SQL database named SalesSQLDb1. SalesSQLDb1 is in an elastic pool named SalesSQLDb1Pool. SalesSQLDb1 uses database firewall rules and contained database users.

- An application named SalesSQLDb1App1 uses SalesSQLDb1.

The manufacturing office contains two on-premises SQL Server 2016 servers named SERVER2 and SERVER3. The servers are nodes in the same Always On availability group. The availability group contains a database named ManufacturingSQLDb1

Database administrators have two Azure virtual machines in HubVnet named VM1 and VM2 that run Windows Server 2019 and are used to manage all the Azure databases.

Licensing Agreement

Litware is a Microsoft Volume Licensing customer that has License Mobility through Software Assurance.

Current Problems

SalesSQLDb1 experiences performance issues that are likely due to out-of-date statistics and frequent blocking queries.

Requirements

Planned Changes

Litware plans to implement the following changes:

- Implement 30 new databases in Azure, which will be used by time-sensitive manufacturing apps that have varying usage patterns. Each database will be approximately 20 GB.

- Create a new Azure SQL database named ResearchDB1 on a logical server named ResearchSrv01. ResearchDB1 will contain Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data.

- Develop an app named ResearchApp1 that will be used by the research department to populate and access ResearchDB1.

- Migrate ManufacturingSQLDb1 to the Azure virtual machine platform.

- Migrate the SERVER1 databases to the Azure SQL Database platform.

Technical Requirements

Litware identifies the following technical requirements:

- Maintenance tasks must be automated.

- The 30 new databases must scale automatically.

- The use of an on-premises infrastructure must be minimized.

- Azure Hybrid Use Benefits must be leveraged for Azure SQL Database deployments.

- All SQL Server and Azure SQL Database metrics related to CPU and storage usage and limits must be analyzed by using Azure built-in functionality.

Security and Compliance Requirements

Litware identifies the following security and compliance requirements:

- Store encryption keys in Azure Key Vault.

- Retain backups of the PII data for two months.

- Encrypt the PII data at rest, in transit, and in use.

- Use the principle of least privilege whenever possible.

- Authenticate database users by using Active Directory credentials.

- Protect Azure SQL Database instances by using database-level firewall rules.

- Ensure that all databases hosted in Azure are accessible from VM1 and VM2 without relying on public endpoints.

Business Requirements

Litware identifies the following business requirements:

- Meet an SLA of 99.99% availability for all Azure deployments.

- Minimize downtime during the migration of the SERVER1 databases.

- Use the Azure Hybrid Use Benefits when migrating workloads to Azure.

- Once all requirements are met, minimize costs whenever possible.

HOTSPOT

You are planning the migration of the SERVER1 databases. The solution must meet the business requirements.

What should you include in the migration plan? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

2. DRAG DROP

You need to configure user authentication for the SERVER1 databases. The solution must meet the security and compliance requirements.

Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

3. HOTSPOT

You need to implement the monitoring of SalesSQLDb1. The solution must meet the technical requirements.

How should you collect and stream metrics? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

4. You need to identify the cause of the performance issues on SalesSQLDb1.

Which two dynamic management views should you use? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

5. HOTSPOT

You need to recommend a configuration for ManufacturingSQLDb1 after the migration to Azure. The solution must meet the business requirements.

What should you include in the recommendation? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

6. You need to implement authentication for ResearchDB1. The solution must meet the security and compliance requirements.

What should you run as part of the implementation?

7. HOTSPOT

You need to recommend the appropriate purchasing model and deployment option for the 30 new databases. The solution must meet the technical requirements and the business requirements.

What should you recommend? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

8. DRAG DROP

You need to implement statistics maintenance for SalesSQLDb1. The solution must meet the technical requirements.

Which four actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

9. What should you do after a failover of SalesSQLDb1 to ensure that the database remains accessible to SalesSQLDb1App1?

10. DRAG DROP

You create all of the tables and views for ResearchDB1.

You need to implement security for ResearchDB1. The solution must meet the security and compliance requirements.

Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

11. You need to recommend a solution to ensure that the customers can create the database objects.

The solution must meet the business goals.

What should you include in the recommendation?

12. You are evaluating the business goals.

Which feature should you use to provide customers with the required level of access based on their service agreement?

13. You need to provide an implementation plan to configure data retention for ResearchDB1. The solution must meet the security and compliance requirements.

What should you include in the plan?

14. Topic 2, Contoso Ltd

Case study

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Overview

Existing Environment

Contoso, Ltd. is a financial data company that has 100 employees. The company delivers financial data to customers.

Active Directory

Contoso has a hybrid Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) deployment that syncs to on-premises Active Directory.

Database Environment

Contoso has SQL Server 2017 on Azure virtual machines shown in the following table.

SQL1 and SQL2 are in an Always On availability group and are actively queried. SQL3 runs jobs, provides historical data, and handles the delivery of data to customers.

The on-premises datacenter contains a PostgreSQL server that has a 50-TB database.

Current Business Model

Contoso uses Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to create flat files for customers. The customers receive the files by using FTP.

Requirements

Planned Changes

Contoso plans to move to a model in which they deliver data to customer databases that run as platform as a service (PaaS) offerings. When a customer establishes a service agreement with Contoso, a separate resource group that contains an Azure SQL database will be provisioned for the customer. The database will have a complete copy of the financial data. The data to which each customer will have access will depend on the service agreement tier. The customers can change tiers by changing their service agreement.

The estimated size of each PaaS database is 1 TB.

Contoso plans to implement the following changes:

Move the PostgreSQL database to Azure Database for PostgreSQL during the next six months.

Upgrade SQL1, SQL2, and SQL3 to SQL Server 2019 during the next few months.

Start onboarding customers to the new PaaS solution within six months.

Business Goals

Contoso identifies the following business requirements:

Use built-in Azure features whenever possible.

Minimize development effort whenever possible.

Minimize the compute costs of the PaaS solutions.

Provide all the customers with their own copy of the database by using the PaaS solution. Provide the customers with different table and row access based on the customer’s service agreement.

In the event of an Azure regional outage, ensure that the customers can access the PaaS solution with minimal downtime. The solution must provide automatic failover.

Ensure that users of the PaaS solution can create their own database objects but he prevented from modifying any of the existing database objects supplied by Contoso.

Technical Requirements

Contoso identifies the following technical requirements:

Users of the PaaS solution must be able to sign in by using their own corporate Azure AD credentials or have Azure AD credentials supplied to them by Contoso. The solution must avoid using the internal Azure AD of Contoso to minimize guest users.

All customers must have their own resource group, Azure SQL server, and Azure SQL database. The deployment of resources for each customer must be done in a consistent fashion.

Users must be able to review the queries issued against the PaaS databases and identify any new objects created.

Downtime during the PostgreSQL database migration must be minimized.

Monitoring Requirements

Contoso identifies the following monitoring requirements:

Notify administrators when a PaaS database has a higher than average CPU usage.

Use a single dashboard to review security and audit data for all the PaaS databases.

Use a single dashboard to monitor query performance and bottlenecks across all the PaaS databases.

Monitor the PaaS databases to identify poorly performing queries and resolve query performance issues automatically whenever possible.

PaaS Prototype

During prototyping of the PaaS solution in Azure, you record the compute utilization of a customer’s Azure SQL database as shown in the following exhibit.

Role Assignments

For each customer’s Azure SQL Database server, you plan to assign the roles shown in the following exhibit.

HOTSPOT

You are evaluating the role assignments.

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

15. Based on the PaaS prototype, which Azure SQL Database compute tier should you use?

16. Which audit log destination should you use to meet the monitoring requirements?

17. What should you implement to meet the disaster recovery requirements for the PaaS solution?

18. What should you use to migrate the PostgreSQL database?

19. You need to implement a solution to notify the administrators. The solution must meet the monitoring requirements.

What should you do?

20. Topic 3, ADatum Corporation

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Overview

ADatum Corporation is a retailer that sells products through two sales channels: retail stores and a website.

Existing Environment

ADatum has one database server that has Microsoft SQL Server 2016 installed. The server hosts three mission-critical databases named SALESDB, DOCDB, and REPORTINGDB.

SALESDB collects data from the stores and the website.

DOCDB stores documents that connect to the sales data in SALESDB. The documents are stored in two different JSON formats based on the sales channel.

REPORTINGDB stores reporting data and contains several columnstore indexes. A daily process creates reporting data in REPORTINGDB from the data in SALESDB. The process is implemented as a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package that runs a stored procedure from SALESDB.

Requirements

Planned Changes

ADatum plans to move the current data infrastructure to Azure.

The new infrastructure has the following requirements:

✑ Migrate SALESDB and REPORTINGDB to an Azure SQL database.

✑ Migrate DOCDB to Azure Cosmos DB.

✑ The sales data, including the documents in JSON format, must be gathered as it arrives and analyzed online by using Azure Stream Analytics. The analytics process will perform aggregations that must be done continuously, without gaps, and without overlapping.

✑ As they arrive, all the sales documents in JSON format must be transformed into one consistent format.

✑ Azure Data Factory will replace the SSIS process of copying the data from SALESDB to REPORTINGDB.

Technical Requirements

The new Azure data infrastructure must meet the following technical requirements:

✑ Data in SALESDB must encrypted by using Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). The encryption must use your own key.

✑ SALESDB must be restorable to any given minute within the past three weeks.

✑ Real-time processing must be monitored to ensure that workloads are sized properly based on actual usage patterns.

✑ Missing indexes must be created automatically for REPORTINGDB.

✑ Disk IO, CPU, and memory usage must be monitored for SALESDB.

Which windowing function should you use to perform the streaming aggregation of the sales data?

21. Which counter should you monitor for real-time processing to meet the technical requirements?

22. Topic 4, Contoso Ltd Clothing Store

You need to design a data retention solution for the Twitter feed data records. The solution must meet the customer sentiment analytics requirements.

Which Azure Storage functionality should you include in the solution?

23. You need to implement the surrogate key for the retail store table. The solution must meet the sales transaction dataset requirements.

What should you create?

24. HOTSPOT

You need to design an analytical storage solution for the transactional dat a. The solution must meet the sales transaction dataset requirements.

What should you include in the solution? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

25. Topic 5, Misc. Questions

You have an Azure SQL database that contains a table named factSales.

FactSales contains the columns shown in the following table.

FactSales has 6 billion rows and is loaded nightly by using a batch process.

Which type of compression provides the greatest space reduction for the database?

26. You have a Microsoft SQL Server 2019 instance in an on-premises datacenter. The instance contains a 4-TB database named DB1.

You plan to migrate DB1 to an Azure SQL Database managed instance.

What should you use to minimize downtime and data loss during the migration?

27. HOTSPOT

You have an on-premises Microsoft SQL Server 2016 server named Server1 that contains a database named DB1.

You need to perform an online migration of DB1 to an Azure SQL Database managed instance by using Azure Database Migration Service.

How should you configure the backup of DB1? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

28. DRAG DROP

You have a resource group named App1Dev that contains an Azure SQL Database server named DevServer1. DevServer1 contains an Azure SQL database named DB1. The schema and permissions for DB1 are saved in a Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) database project.

You need to populate a new resource group named App1Test with the DB1 database and an Azure SQL Server named TestServer1. The resources in App1Test must have the same configurations as the resources in App1Dev.

Which four actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

29. You have 20 Azure SQL databases provisioned by using the vCore purchasing model.

You plan to create an Azure SQL Database elastic pool and add the 20 databases.

Which three metrics should you use to size the elastic pool to meet the demands of your workload? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

30. DRAG DROP

You have SQL Server 2019 on an Azure virtual machine that contains an SSISDB database.

A recent failure causes the master database to be lost.

You discover that all Microsoft SQL Server integration Services (SSIS) packages fail to run on the virtual machine.

Which four actions should you perform in sequence to resolve the issue? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct.

31. You have a new Azure SQL database. The database contains a column that stores confidential information.

You need to track each time values from the column are returned in a query. The tracking information must be stored for 365 days from the date the query was executed.

Which three actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

32. You have an Azure virtual machine named VM1 on a virtual network named VNet1. Outbound traffic from VM1 to the internet is blocked.

You have an Azure SQL database named SqlDb1 on a logical server named SqlSrv1.

You need to implement connectivity between VM1 and SqlDb1 to meet the following requirements:

✑ Ensure that all traffic to the public endpoint of SqlSrv1 is blocked.

✑ Minimize the possibility of VM1 exfiltrating data stored in SqlDb1.

What should you create on VNet1?

33. HOTSPOT

You have a Microsoft SQL Server database named DB1 that contains a table named Table1.

The database role membership for a user named User1 is shown in the following exhibit.

Use the drop-down menus to select the answer choice that completes each statement based on the information presented in the graphic. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

34. DRAG DROP

You have a new Azure SQL database named DB1 on an Azure SQL server named AzSQL1.

The only user who was created is the server administrator.

You need to create a contained database user in DB1 who will use Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) for authentication.

Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

35. HOTSPOT

You have an Azure SQL database that contains a table named Customer.

Customer has the columns shown in the following table.

You plan to implement a dynamic data mask for the Customer_Phone column.

The mask must meet the following requirements:

✑ The first six numerals of each customer’s phone number must be masked.

✑ The last four digits of each customer’s phone number must be visible.

✑ Hyphens must be preserved and displayed.

How should you configure the dynamic data mask? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

36. DRAG DROP

You have an Azure SQL database that contains a table named Employees. Employees contains a column named Salary.

You need to encrypt the Salary column. The solution must prevent database administrators from reading the data in the Salary column and must provide the most secure encryption.

Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

37. You have SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine that contains a database named DB1. DB1 contains a table named CustomerPII.

You need to record whenever users query the CustomerPII table.

Which two options should you enable? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

38. You have an Azure virtual machine based on a custom image named VM1.

VM1 hosts an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard.

You need to automate the maintenance of VM1 to meet the following requirements:

Automate the patching of SQL Server and Windows Server.

Automate full database backups and transaction log backups of the databases on VM1.

Minimize administrative effort.

What should you do first?

39. You receive numerous alerts from Azure Monitor for an Azure SQL database.

You need to reduce the number of alerts. You must only receive alerts if there is a significant change in usage patterns for an extended period.

Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

40. You have an Azure SQL database named sqldb1.

You need to minimize the amount of space by the data and log files of sqldb1.

What should you run?

41. You have an Azure SQL Database server named sqlsrv1 that hosts 10 Azure SQL databases.

The databases perform slower than expected.

You need to identify whether the performance issue relates to the use of tempdb on sqlsrv1.

What should you do?

42. DRAG DROP

You are building an Azure virtual machine.

You allocate two 1-TiB, P30 premium storage disks to the virtual machine. Each disk provides 5,000 IOPS.

You plan to migrate an on-premises instance of Microsoft SQL Server to the virtual machine. The instance has a database that contains a 1.2-TiB data file. The database requires 10,000 IOPS.

You need to configure storage for the virtual machine to support the database.

Which three objects should you create in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate objects from the list of objects to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

43. You have an Azure SQL database named sqldb1.

You need to minimize the possibility of Query Store transitioning to a read-only state.

What should you do?

44. You have SQL Server 2019 on an Azure virtual machine that runs Windows Server 2019. The virtual machine has 4 vCPUs and 28 GB of memory.

You scale up the virtual machine to 16 vCPUSs and 64 GB of memory.

You need to provide the lowest latency for tempdb.

What is the total number of data files that tempdb should contain?

45. HOTSPOT

You have an Azure SQL database named db1.

You need to retrieve the resource usage of db1 from the last week.

How should you complete the statement? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

46. HOTSPOT

You have SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine.

You review the query plan shown in the following exhibit.

For each of the following statements, select yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select no. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

47. A data engineer creates a table to store employee information for a new application. All employee names are in the US English alphabet. All addresses are locations in the United States.

The data engineer uses the following statement to create the table.

You need to recommend changes to the data types to reduce storage and improve performance.

Which two actions should you recommend? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

48. You have an Azure SQL database.

You identify a long running query.

You need to identify which operation in the query is causing the performance issue.

What should you use to display the query execution plan in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)?

49. You have a version-8.0 Azure Database for MySQL database.

You need to identify which database queries consume the most resources.

Which tool should you use?

50. You have SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine that contains a database named DB1.

You have an application that queries DB1 to generate a sales report.

You need to see the parameter values from the last time the query was executed.

Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

51. HOTSPOT

You have SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine that contains a database named Db1.

You need to enable automatic tuning for Db1.

How should you complete the statements? To answer, select the appropriate answer in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

52. You deploy a database to an Azure SQL Database managed instance.

You need to prevent read queries from blocking queries that are trying to write to the database.

Which database option should set?

53. You have an Azure SQL database.

You discover that the plan cache is full of compiled plans that were used only once.

You run the select * from sys.database_scoped_configurations Transact-SQL command and receive the results shown in the following table.

You need relieve the memory pressure.

What should you configure?

54. DRAG DROP

You have SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine named SQL1.

SQL1 has an agent job to back up all databases.

You add a user named dbadmin1 as a SQL Server Agent operator.

You need to ensure that dbadmin1 receives an email alert if a job fails.

Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

55. DRAG DROP

You need to apply 20 built-in Azure Policy definitions to all new and existing Azure SQL Database deployments in an Azure subscription. The solution must minimize administrative effort.

Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

56. You have an Azure SQL Database managed instance named SQLMI1. A Microsoft SQL Server Agent job runs on SQLMI1.

You need to ensure that an automatic email notification is sent once the job completes.

What should you include in the solution?

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You have an Azure SQL database named Sales.

You need to implement disaster recovery for Sales to meet the following requirements:

✑ During normal operations, provide at least two readable copies of Sales.

✑ Ensure that Sales remains available if a datacenter fails.

Solution: You deploy an Azure SQL database that uses the Business Critical service tier and Availability Zones.

Does this meet the goal?

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You have an Azure SQL database named Sales.

You need to implement disaster recovery for Sales to meet the following requirements:

✑ During normal operations, provide at least two readable copies of Sales.

✑ Ensure that Sales remains available if a datacenter fails.

Solution: You deploy an Azure SQL database that uses the General Purpose service tier and failover groups.

Does this meet the goal?

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You have two Azure SQL Database servers named Server1 and Server2. Each server contains an Azure SQL database named Database1.

You need to restore Database1 from Server1 to Server2. The solution must replace the existing Database1 on Server2.

Solution: From the Azure portal, you delete Database1 from Server2, and then you create a new database on Server2 by using the backup of Database1 from Server1.

Does this meet the goal?

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You have two Azure SQL Database servers named Server1 and Server2. Each server contains an Azure SQL database named Database1.

You need to restore Database1 from Server1 to Server2. The solution must replace the existing Database1 on Server2.

Solution: You run the Remove-AzSqlDatabase PowerShell cmdlet for Database1 on Server2. You run the Restore-AzSqlDatabase PowerShell cmdlet for Database1 on Server2.

Does this meet the goal?

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You have two Azure SQL Database servers named Server1 and Server2. Each server contains an Azure SQL database named Database1.

You need to restore Database1 from Server1 to Server2. The solution must replace the existing Database1 on Server2.

Solution: You restore Database1 from Server1 to the Server2 by using the RESTORE Transact-SQL command and the REPLACE option.

Does this meet the goal?

62. You have an Always On availability group deployed to Azure virtual machines. The availability group contains a database named DB1 and has two nodes named SQL1 and SQL2. SQL1 is the primary replica.

You need to initiate a full backup of DB1 on SQL2.

Which statement should you run?

63. You plan to move two 100-GB databases to Azure.

You need to dynamically scale resources consumption based on workloads. The solution must minimize

downtime during scaling operations.

What should you use?

64. You have 10 Azure virtual machines that have SQL Server installed.

You need to implement a backup strategy to ensure that you can restore specific databases to other SQL

Server instances. The solution must provide centralized management of the backups.

What should you include in the backup strategy?

65. You need to recommend an availability strategy for an Azure SQL database.

The strategy must meet the following requirements:

✑ Support failovers that do not require client applications to change their connection strings.

✑ Replicate the database to a secondary Azure region.

✑ Support failover to the secondary region.

What should you include in the recommendation?

66. DRAG DROP

You have SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine that contains a database named DB1. DB1 is 30 TB and has a 1-GB daily rate of change.

You back up the database by using a Microsoft SQL Server Agent job that runs Transact-SQL commands. You perform a weekly full backup on Sunday, daily differential backups at 01:00, and transaction log backups every five minutes.

The database fails on Wednesday at 10:00.

Which three backups should you restore in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate backups from the list of backups to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

67. You are building a database backup solution for a SQL Server database hosted on an Azure virtual machine.

In the event of an Azure regional outage, you need to be able to restore the database backups. The solution must minimize costs.

Which type of storage accounts should you use for the backups?

68. You have SQL Server on Azure virtual machines in an availability group.

You have a database named DB1 that is NOT in the availability group.

You create a full database backup of DB1.

You need to add DB1 to the availability group.

Which restore option should you use on the secondary replica?

69. You are planning disaster recovery for the failover group of an Azure SQL Database managed instance.

Your company’s SLA requires that the database in the failover group become available as quickly as possible if a major outage occurs.

You set the Read/Write failover policy to Automatic.

What are two results of the configuration? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

70. You have an Azure SQL database named DB1.

You need to ensure that DB1 will support automatic failover without data loss if a datacenter fails.

The solution must minimize costs.

Which deployment option and pricing tier should you configure?

71. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have an Azure SQL database named Sales.

You need to implement disaster recovery for Sales to meet the following requirements:

✑ During normal operations, provide at least two readable copies of Sales.

✑ Ensure that Sales remains available if a datacenter fails.

Solution: You deploy an Azure SQL database that uses the General Purpose service tier and geo-replication.

Does this meet the goal?

72. You have an Azure SQL database named DB3.

You need to provide a user named DevUser with the ability to view the properties of DB3 from Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit tab.)

Which Transact-SQL command should you run?

73. HOTSPOT

You have SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine that contains a database named DB1.

The database reports a CHECKSUM error.

You need to recover the database.

How should you complete the statements? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

74. HOTSPOT

You have an Azure SQL Database managed instance named sqldbmi1 that contains a database name Sales.

You need to initiate a backup of Sales.

How should you complete the Transact-SQL statement? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

75. You have a Microsoft SQL Server 2019 database named DB1 that uses the following database-level and instance-level features.

✑ Clustered columnstore indexes

✑ Automatic tuning

✑ Change tracking

✑ PolyBase

You plan to migrate DB1 to an Azure SQL database.

What feature should be removed or replaced before DB1 can be migrated?

76. HOTSPOT

You have an Azure SQL database named DB1 that contains two tables named Table1 and Table2. Both tables contain a column named a Column1. Column1 is used for joins by an application named App1.

You need to protect the contents of Column1 at rest, in transit, and in use.

How should you protect the contents of Column1? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

77. You have 40 Azure SQL databases, each for a different customer. All the databases reside on the same Azure SQL Database server.

You need to ensure that each customer can only connect to and access their respective database.

Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

78. DRAG DROP

You have an Azure SQL Database instance named DatabaseA on a server named Server1.

You plan to add a new user named App1 to DatabaseA and grant App1 db_datacenter permissions.

App1 will use SQL Server Authentication.

You need to create App1. The solution must ensure that App1 can be given access to other databases by using the same credentials.

Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

79. You have an Azure virtual machine named VM1 on a virtual network named VNet1. Outbound traffic from VM1 to the internet is blocked.

You have an Azure SQL database named SqlDb1 on a logical server named SqlSrv1.

You need to implement connectivity between VM1 and SqlDb1 to meet the following requirements:

✑ Ensure that VM1 cannot connect to any Azure SQL Server other than SqlSrv1.

✑ Restrict network connectivity to SqlSrv1.

What should you create on VNet1?

80. You have 50 Azure SQL databases.

You need to notify the database owner when the database settings, such as the database size and

pricing tier, are modified in Azure.

What should you do?

81. You have several Azure SQL databases on the same Azure SQL Database server in a resource group named ResourceGroup1.

You must be alerted when CPU usage exceeds 80 percent for any database. The solution must apply to any additional databases that are created on the Azure SQL server.

Which resource type should you use to create the alert?

82. You have SQL Server 2019 on an Azure virtual machine that runs Windows Server 2019. The virtual machine has 4 vCPUs and 28 GB of memory.

You scale up the virtual machine to 8 vCPUSs and 64 GB of memory.

You need to provide the lowest latency for tempdb.

What is the total number of data files that tempdb should contain?

83. You have SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine that contains a database named DB1.

You view a plan summary that shows the duration in milliseconds of each execution of query 1178902 as shown in the following exhibit:

What should you do to ensure that the query uses the execution plan which executes in the least amount of time?

84. HOTSPOT

You have an Azure SQL database named DB1.

The automatic tuning options for DB1 are configured as shown in the following exhibit.

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

85. You have an Azure SQL database named DB1. You run a query while connected to DB1.

You review the actual execution plan for the query, and you add an index to a table referenced by the query.

You need to compare the previous actual execution plan for the query to the Live Query Statistics.

What should you do first in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)?

86. You have an Azure SQL database.

Users report that the executions of a stored procedure are slower than usual. You suspect that a regressed query is causing the performance issue.

You need to view the query execution plan to verify whether a regressed query is causing the issue.

The solution must minimize effort.

What should you use?

87. You have an Azure SQL database. The database contains a table that uses a columnstore index and is accessed infrequently.

You enable columnstore archival compression.

What are two possible results of the configuration? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

88. You plan to move two 100-GB databases to Azure.

You need to dynamically scale resources consumption based on workloads. The solution must minimize downtime during scaling operations.

What should you use?

89. You have an on-premises app named App1 that stores data in an on-premises Microsoft SQL Server 2016 database named DB1.

You plan to deploy additional instances of App1 to separate Azure regions. Each region will have a separate instance of App1 and DB1. The separate instances of DB1 will sync by using Azure SQL Data Sync.

You need to recommend a database service for the deployment. The solution must minimize administrative effort.

What should you include in the recommendation?

90. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have two Azure SQL Database servers named Server1 and Server2. Each server contains an Azure SQL database named Database1.

You need to restore Database1 from Server1 to Server2. The solution must replace the existing Database1 on Server2.

Solution: From Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), you rename Database1 on Server2 as Database2. From the Azure portal, you create a new database on Server2 by restoring the backup of Database1 from Server1, and then you delete Database2.

Does this meet the goal?