CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER · Question #174
A Customer has their current SAP systems using Microsoft SQL Server as the Database. They are migrating to Google Cloud and also preparing to later migrate to the latest ver-sion of SAP. The entire IT
The correct answer is D. Cloud SQL. Cloud SQL is the correct choice because it is a fully managed relational database service that natively supports Microsoft SQL Server. Since the entire IT team is focused on the SAP upgrade and only critical IT tasks can be handled, a fully managed service like Cloud SQL minimize
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A Customer has their current SAP systems using Microsoft SQL Server as the Database. They are migrating to Google Cloud and also preparing to later migrate to the latest ver-sion of SAP. The entire IT team is being directed to focus on the migration to the new ver-sion of SAP. The new version of SAP does not use Microsoft SQL Server as the Database, Any but the most critical IT management tasks are being deprioritized, How should they migrate their current database to Google Cloud?
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- ASpanner
- BBare Metal
- CBigQuery
- DCloud SQL
How the community answered
(26 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- C8% (2)
- D85% (22)
Explanation
Cloud SQL is the correct choice because it is a fully managed relational database service that natively supports Microsoft SQL Server. Since the entire IT team is focused on the SAP upgrade and only critical IT tasks can be handled, a fully managed service like Cloud SQL minimizes operational overhead - Google handles patching, backups, replication, and failover. The organization is not yet ready to re-architect their database (the SAP migration to a different DB comes later). Bare Metal (Option B) would require significant management effort. Spanner (Option A) and BigQuery (Option C) are not Microsoft SQL Server-compatible and would require a full database migration now, which is out of scope.
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