DP-300 Microsoft Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure Free Practice Exam Questions (2026 Updated)
Prepare effectively for your Microsoft DP-300 Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure certification with our extensive collection of free, high-quality practice questions. Each question is designed to mirror the actual exam format and objectives, complete with comprehensive answers and detailed explanations. Our materials are regularly updated for 2026, ensuring you have the most current resources to build confidence and succeed on your first attempt.
You need to recommend which service and target endpoint to use when migrating the databases from SVR1 to Instance1. The solution must meet the availability requirements.
What should you recommend? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to recommend which configuration to perform twice to enable access to the primary and secondary replicas of DB3. The solution must meet the availability requirements.
What should you recommend?
You need to identify the event_file target for monitonng DB3 after the migration to Azure SQL Database. The solution must meet the management requirements.
What should you use as the event_file target?
You need to recommend a backup solution to restore DB3. The solution must meet the availability requirements. Which type of backup should you use?
You need to recommend a solution that will enable remote developers to access DB1 and DB2. The solution must support the planned changes and meet the secunty requirements.
What should you include in the recommendation?
You need to identify the event_flle target for monitonng DB3 after the migration to Azure SQL Database. The solution must meet the management requirements,
What should you use as the event_file target?
You need to recommend an authentication solution for App1 access to DB1 and DB2 after their migration to Instance1. The solution must meet the availability requirements.
Which actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, drag the appropriate actions to the correct order. Each action may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You plan to deploy Instance1 by using the following script.

You need to specify the licenseType and storagenedundancy parameters. The deployment must meet the availability requirements and the business requirements for DB1 and DB2.
To what should you set each parameter? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

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?
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?
You need to recommend a service tier and a method to offload analytical workloads for the databases migrated from SVR1. The solution must meet the availability and business requirements.
What should you recommend? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Which windowing function should you use to perform the streaming aggregation of the sales data?
Which counter should you monitor for real-time processing to meet the technical requirements?
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?
You have SQL Server 2019 or an Azure virtual machine that runs Windows Server 2019. The virtual machine has 4 vCPUs and 28 GB of memory.
Vou scale up the virtual machine to 8 vCPUs and 64 GB of memory.
You need to reduce tempdb contention without regatively affecting server performance.
What is the number of secondary data files that you should configure for tempdb?
You have an instance of SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines named SQL1. SQL1 contains a database named DB1.
You need to enable Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for DB1.
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.

You have an Azure subscription that contains the resources shown in the following table.

App1 experiences transient connection errors and timeouts when it attempts to access db1 after extended periods of inactivity. You need to modify db1 to resolve the issues experienced by App1 as soon as possible, without considering immediate costs. What should you do?
You configure a long-term retention policy for an Azure SQL database as shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit tab.)

The first weekly backup occurred on January 4, 2020. The dates for the first 10 weekly backups are:
January 4, 2020
January 11, 2020
January 18, 2020
January 25, 2020
February 1, 2020
February 8, 2020
February 15, 2020
February 22, 2020
February 29, 2020
March 7, 2020
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.

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?
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 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?






