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You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) for a company named ABC.com. The company uses a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 infrastructure. The sales and marketing departments contain a total of 60 users…

The correct answer is D. You should configure a Maintenance Plan. To configure a comprehensive backup solution that automatically includes new databases with full, differential, and transaction log backups, a SQL Server Maintenance Plan is the appropriate choice.

Submitted by paula_co· Mar 5, 2026Design and implement database solutions for SQL Server

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You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) for a company named ABC.com. The company uses a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 infrastructure. The sales and marketing departments contain a total of 60 users. Each user uses a custom application that stores data in a SQL Server database. Each user has a separate database. A server named ABC-SQL1 hosts the 60 databases. You need to configure a backup solution for all the databases. The solution must ensure that any new databases configured on ABC-SQL1 are automatically added to the backup schedule. The backup schedule consists of a full backup every night, a differential backup every hour and a transaction log backup every 15 minutes. How should you configure the backup solution?

Options

  • AYou should configure SQL Server Agent jobs.
  • BYou should configure Change Data Capture.
  • CYou should configure Policy-Based Management.
  • DYou should configure a Maintenance Plan.

How the community answered

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  • A
    3% (2)
  • B
    9% (6)
  • C
    5% (3)
  • D
    83% (54)

Why each option

To configure a comprehensive backup solution that automatically includes new databases with full, differential, and transaction log backups, a SQL Server Maintenance Plan is the appropriate choice.

AYou should configure SQL Server Agent jobs.

While SQL Server Agent jobs can schedule tasks, configuring individual jobs for 60+ databases and then manually adding jobs for every new database would be inefficient and does not meet the requirement of automatic inclusion.

BYou should configure Change Data Capture.

Change Data Capture (CDC) is a feature designed to capture and track changes made to data in a SQL Server database, not to perform database backups.

CYou should configure Policy-Based Management.

Policy-Based Management (PBM) is used to create and enforce administrative policies for SQL Server instances and objects, focusing on configuration compliance rather than executing operational tasks like backups.

DYou should configure a Maintenance Plan.Correct

SQL Server Maintenance Plans allow administrators to automate and schedule various administrative tasks, including full, differential, and transaction log backups, across multiple databases. They can be configured to back up 'All user databases' or 'All databases', which ensures that any new databases created on the server are automatically included in the predefined backup schedule without manual intervention.

Concept tested: SQL Server Maintenance Plans for automated backups

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/maintenance-plans/maintenance-plans

Topics

#Database backup#Maintenance Plans#Backup automation#SQL Server Agent

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