You have a Microsoft Azure SQL database. You need to provide a copy of the database to an auditor. What should you do?

The CREATE DATABASE ... AS COPY OF statement creates a copy on the same logical server as the source database. While it creates a copy, it doesn't provide an independent or portable copy that can be easily given to an auditor who might need it in a separate environment or offline.

The AS SNAPSHOT OF clause is not a valid T-SQL command for creating a full database copy in Azure SQL Database. Database snapshots are primarily a feature of SQL Server on-premises, not Azure SQL Database PaaS.

sp_detach_db and sp_attach_db stored procedures are used for managing database files in SQL Server on-premises or IaaS VMs, not for Azure SQL Database, which is a platform-as-a-service offering.

While users cannot directly execute BACKUP DATABASE and RESTORE DATABASE statements on Azure SQL Database, the process of exporting a database to a BACPAC file serves as a logical backup, and importing that BACPAC file creates a restored copy. This 'backup and restore' concept provides an independent, portable copy suitable for an auditor, potentially to a different server or even offline.