A company runs an Azure SQL Managed Instance in the East US region. The company requires that the database be recoverable in a different region with an RPO of 5 minutes and an RTO of 2 hours. What should you configure?

Configure Azure Backup for the managed instance with a backup frequency of every 5 minutes.

Enable geo-restore for the managed instance with a recovery point objective of 5 minutes.

Enable geo-replication for the managed instance and configure a failover group.

Configure long-term retention for the managed instance with a retention period of 2 hours.

A company runs a critical application on an Azure VM with a 1-TB managed disk. They need to back up the VM daily and retain backups for 30 days. They also need to restore individual files quickly without restoring the entire VM. What should you configure?

Use Azure Backup with a weekly policy and rely on instant restore for files.

Enable Azure Backup for the VM with a daily policy and use file-level recovery to restore individual files.

Use Azure Site Recovery to replicate the VM and restore files from the replica.

Take manual snapshots of the disk daily and store them in a storage account.

A company stores large media files in Azure Blob Storage (cool tier). They need to protect against ransomware attacks and accidental deletion with an RPO of 1 day and an RTO of 1 hour. The solution must be cost-effective. What should you configure?

Enable soft delete and versioning, and configure a backup policy using Azure Backup for Blob Storage with a daily backup.

Enable change feed and use Azure Event Grid to copy new blobs to another storage account in real time.

Use read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS) to have a secondary read-only copy.

Take manual snapshots of the container every day using a PowerShell script.

Which Azure feature provides point-in-time restore for Azure Blob Storage?

Point-in-time restore for blobs

A company uses Azure Backup to protect 200 VMs across multiple subscriptions. They want to centralize monitoring and receive alerts when backups fail. They also need to retain backups for 7 years for compliance. What should you implement?

Use a single Recovery Services vault for all VMs and configure alerts in the Azure portal.

Use Azure Site Recovery for all VMs and configure alerts in the Recovery Services vault.

Use Azure Backup Server on-premises to back up all VMs and store data in a single vault.

Create a Recovery Services vault per subscription and use Azure Monitor workbooks to aggregate alerts and configure long-term retention.

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21application · medium
A company runs an Azure SQL Managed Instance in the East US region. The company requires that the database be recoverable in a different region with an RPO of 5 minutes and an RTO of 2 hours. What should you configure?
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22application · medium
A company runs a critical application on an Azure VM with a 1-TB managed disk. They need to back up the VM daily and retain backups for 30 days. They also need to restore individual files quickly without restoring the entire VM. What should you configure?
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23application · medium
A company stores large media files in Azure Blob Storage (cool tier). They need to protect against ransomware attacks and accidental deletion with an RPO of 1 day and an RTO of 1 hour. The solution must be cost-effective. What should you configure?
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Which Azure feature provides point-in-time restore for Azure Blob Storage?
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25application · medium
A company uses Azure Backup to protect 200 VMs across multiple subscriptions. They want to centralize monitoring and receive alerts when backups fail. They also need to retain backups for 7 years for compliance. What should you implement?
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