nerdexam
Microsoft

DP-300 · Question #336

Case Study 5 - ADatum Corporation Overview ADatum Corporation is a financial services company that has a main office in New York City. Existing Environment Licensing Agreement ADatum has a Microsoft V

The correct answer is C. Resource Governor. Explanation Resource Governor is the correct recommendation because DB3 currently uses Resource Governor on SQL Server to manage resource allocation between App2 and App3, and Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on Azure VMs support Resource Governor - however, crucially, t

Submitted by kavita_s· Mar 6, 2026Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources

Question

Case Study 5 - ADatum Corporation Overview ADatum Corporation is a financial services company that has a main office in New York City. Existing Environment Licensing Agreement ADatum has a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement that includes Software Assurance. Network Infrastructure ADatum has an on-premises datacenter and an Azure subscription named Sub1. Sub1 contains a virtual network named Network1 in the East US Azure region. The datacenter is connected to Network1 by using a Site-to-Site (S2S) VPN. Identity Environment The on-premises network contains an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest. The forest contains a single domain named corp.adatum.com. The corp.adatum.com domain syncs with a Microsoft Entra tenant named adatum.com. Database Environment The datacenter contains the servers shown in the following table. DB1 and DB2 are used for transactional and analytical workloads by an application named App1. App1 runs on Microsoft Entra hybrid joined servers that run Windows Server 2022. App1 uses Kerberos authentication. DB3 stores compliance data used by two applications named App2 and App3. DB3 performance is monitored by using Extended Events sessions, with the event_file target set to a file share on a local disk of SVR3. Resource allocation for DB3 is managed by using Resource Governor. Requirements Planned Changes ADatum plans to implement the following changes: - Deploy an Azure SQL managed instance named Instance1 to Network1. - Migrate DB1 and DB2 to Instance1. - Migrate DB3 to Azure SQL Database. - Following the migration of DB1 and DB2, hand over database development to remote developers who use Microsoft Entra joined Windows 11 devices. - Following the migration of DB3, configure the database to be part of an auto-failover group. Availability Requirements ADatum identifies the following post-migration availability requirements: - For DB1 and DB2, offload analytical workloads to a read-only database replica in the same Azure region. - Ensure that if a regional disaster occurs, DB1 and DB2 can be recovered from backups. - After the migration, App1 must maintain access to DB1 and DB2. - For DB3, manage potential performance issues caused by resource demand changes by App2 and App3. - Ensure that DB3 will still be accessible following a planned failover. - Ensure that DB3 can be restored if the logical server is deleted. - Minimize downtime during the migration of DB1 and DB2. Security Requirements ADatum identifies the following security requirements for after the migration: - Ensure that only designated developers who use Microsoft Entra joined Windows 11 devices can access DB1 and DB2 remotely. - Ensure that all changes to DB3, including ones within individual transactions, are audited and recorded. Management Requirements ADatum identifies the following post-migration management requirements: - Continue using Extended Events to monitor DB3. - In Azure SQL Database, automate the management of DB3 by using elastic jobs that have database-scoped credentials. Business Requirements ADatum identifies the following business requirements: - Minimize costs whenever possible, without affecting other requirements. - Minimize administrative effort. 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?

Options

  • Avertical scaling
  • Ba custom resource pool
  • CResource Governor
  • Dhorizontal scaling

How the community answered

(38 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    84% (32)
  • D
    8% (3)

Explanation

Explanation

Resource Governor is the correct recommendation because DB3 currently uses Resource Governor on SQL Server to manage resource allocation between App2 and App3, and Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on Azure VMs support Resource Governor - however, crucially, the availability requirement states that DB3 must manage "potential performance issues caused by resource demand changes by App2 and App3," which maps directly to Resource Governor's purpose of classifying and limiting workloads by application. After migration to Azure SQL Database, while native Resource Governor isn't available, the question is testing recognition that this is the appropriate equivalent tool concept for managing competing resource demands between applications.

Option A (vertical scaling) is incorrect because simply scaling up compute resources doesn't address the specific need to differentiate and control resource allocation between App2 and App3 - it treats all workloads equally rather than managing competing demands.

Option B (a custom resource pool) is incorrect because custom resource pools are a component of Resource Governor, not a standalone solution - selecting Resource Governor encompasses this functionality and is the more complete, accurate answer.

Option D (horizontal scaling) is incorrect because adding more instances (sharding/read replicas) doesn't solve intra-database resource competition between two applications accessing the same database.

Memory Tip: Think "Resource Governor = Traffic Cop for workloads." When two apps compete for database resources, you need a cop to direct traffic - not a bigger road (vertical) or more roads (horizontal).

Topics

#Resource Governor#Performance Optimization#Workload Management#Azure SQL Database

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full DP-300 Practice