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DP-300 · Question #203

Hotspot Question You have an Azure subscription that contains the resources shown in the following table. You need to create a read-only replica of DB1 and configure the App1 instances to use the repl

The correct answer is To add read-only replica of DB1, the correct action is 'Create a replica on the same logical server'. = Yes; To configure App1 instances to access the read-only replica, the correct action is 'Add an ApplicationIntent entry to the connection string'. = Yes. In Azure SQL Database, read-only replicas (also called readable secondary replicas) are created on the same logical server as the primary database, leveraging built-in High Availability architecture or Business Critical/Premium tiers that include free readable replicas. To direct

Submitted by carter_n· Mar 6, 2026Design and Implement Data Storage / Configure Azure SQL Database for High Availability and Read Scale-Out

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Hotspot Question You have an Azure subscription that contains the resources shown in the following table. You need to create a read-only replica of DB1 and configure the App1 instances to use the replica. What should you do? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point. Answer:

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Answer Area

  • To add read-only replica of DB1, the correct action is 'Create a replica on the same logical server'.Yes
  • To configure App1 instances to access the read-only replica, the correct action is 'Add an ApplicationIntent entry to the connection string'.Yes

Explanation

In Azure SQL Database, read-only replicas (also called readable secondary replicas) are created on the same logical server as the primary database, leveraging built-in High Availability architecture or Business Critical/Premium tiers that include free readable replicas. To direct application traffic to the read-only replica instead of the primary, you append 'ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly' to the connection string, which instructs the Azure SQL Database service to route the connection to the read-only replica automatically without changing the server or database endpoint.

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#Azure SQL Database#Read-Only Replicas#Connection Strings#High Availability

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