DP-300 Dumps V22.02: Free Questions (Part 1, Q1-Q40) for 2026 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions Exam Preparation

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. You need to recommend a solution to ensure that the performance of DB3 is optimized after the migration to Azure SQL Database. The solution must meet availability requirements.

What should you include in the recommendation?

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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 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?

7. 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.

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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?

8. 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.

9. 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?

10. SIMULATION

Task 10

You need to ensure that indexes are created automatically for all the databases on sql60152867. You may need to use SQL Server Management Studio and the Azure portal.

11. 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?

12. SIMULATION

Task 9

You need to ensure that when non-administrative users query the SalesLT.Customer table in db1, email addresses are obscured. For example, an email address of [email protected] must appear as [email protected].

You may need to use SQL Server Management Studio and the Azure portal.

13. 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.

14. 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?

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

16. 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?

17. HOTSPOT

You need to design an analytical storage solution for the transactional data. 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.

18. 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?

19. 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.

20. Topic 3, ADatum Corporation



Overview

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.



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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. You need to recommend a solution to meet the security requirements and the business requirements for DB3.

What should you recommend as the first step of the solution?

22. You need to recommend a process to automate the management of DB3. The solution must meet the management requirements.

What should be the first step of the process?

23. 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?

24. 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?

25. SIMULATION

Task 4

You need to enable change data capture (CDC) for db1.

26. 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?

27. 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?

28. 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?

29. 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?

30. 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?

31. 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?

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. SIMULATION

Task 3

You need to ensure that all queries executed against dbl are captured in the Query Store.

37. 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?

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. 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.