You have an Azure subscription that contains two Azure SQL managed instances named SQLMI1 and SQLMI2 . SQLM2 contains a database named DB1 and a user named User1.
User1 drops DB1.
You need to perform a point-in-time restore of DB1 to SQLMI2.
Correct Answer: C
Basic Concept: This question tests high availability and disaster recovery design for Azure SQL, SQL Server on Azure VMs, and regional failure scenarios.
Why C is Correct: The Azure portal is correct because it is the feature whose normal purpose matches the stated requirement. The Azure portal is part of the availability or recovery design space, but the correct choice must satisfy the specified failover, restore, quorum, RPO, or RTO requirement. The scenario wording points to that specific behavior: You need to perform a point-in-time restore of DB1 to SQLMI2.
Why A is Wrong: Azure CLI is part of the availability or recovery design space, but the correct choice must satisfy the specified failover, restore, quorum, RPO, or RTO requirement. It handles a different resilience pattern and would not deliver the failover or recovery behavior required here.
Why B is Wrong: Transact-SQL is part of the availability or recovery design space, but the correct choice must satisfy the specified failover, restore, quorum, RPO, or RTO requirement. It is not wrong technology in general, but it is the wrong HA/DR control for this scenario ' s failure model.
Why D is Wrong: Azure PowerShell is part of the availability or recovery design space, but the correct choice must satisfy the specified failover, restore, quorum, RPO, or RTO requirement. It handles a different resilience pattern and would not deliver the failover or recovery behavior required here.