DP-300 Exam Preparation Material | Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions

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Question#1

HOTSPOT
You have an Azure subscription that contains a resource group named RG1. RG1 contains an instance of SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines named SQL.
You need to use PowerShell to enable and configure automated patching for SQL The solution must include both SQL Server and Windows security updates.
How should you complete the command? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.


A. 

Question#2

You have an Azure SQL Database failover group named AzFG1.
You plan to run the following CLI command.



How will this affect AzFG1?

A. Up to two hours of data will be lost during an automatic failover.
B. Automatic failover will occur after a minimum of two hours.
C. A forced failover cannot be initiated during the grace period.
D. AzFG1 will attempt to fail back within two hours.

Question#3

You have an Azure Data Factory pipeline that is triggered hourly.
The pipeline has had 100% success for the past seven days.
The pipeline execution fails, and two retries that occur 15 minutes apart also fail. The third failure returns the following error.



What is a possible cause of the error?

A. From 06:00 to 07:00 on January 10, 2021, there was no data in wwi/BIKES/CARBO
B. The parameter used to generate year=2021/month=01/day=10/hour=06 was incorrect.
C. From 06:00 to 07:00 on January 10, 2021, the file format of data in wwi/BIKES/CARBON was incorrect.
D. The pipeline was triggered too early.

Question#4

HOTSPOT
You have an Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pool named Pool1 and an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account named Account1.
You plan to access the files in Account1 by using an external table.
You need to create a data source in Pool1 that you can reference when you create the external table.
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.


A. 

Explanation:
Box 1: blob
The following example creates an external data source for Azure Data Lake Gen2 CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE YellowTaxi
WITH (LOCATION = 'https://azureopendatastorage.blob.core.windows.net/nyctlc/yellow/',
TYPE = HADOOP)
Box 2: HADOOP
Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/develop-tables-external-tables

Question#5

You have a single availability set that contains two SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines instances.
The instances were deployed by using an Azure Marketplace SQL Server 2019 Enterprise image that has the latest cumulative updates applied. The instances are configured as the nodes of a failover cluster instance (FCI) named FCI1.
You need to ensure that client applications can connect to FCI1.
The solution must meet the following requirements:
• Provide an availability SLA
• Minimize costs.
What should you create?

A. a virtual network name (VNN) resource
B. a Basic Azure Load Balancer
C. a distributed network name (DNN) resource
D. an Azure Standard Load Balancer

Exam Code: DP-300
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Exam Code: DP-300
Q & A: 408 Q&As
Updated:  Oct 25,2026

 

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