DP-900 Describe relational data workloads

What is the recommended Azure approach to scale reads with readable replicas (variant 1)?

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. FTP (not recommended for production workloads)
  2. b. Azure SQL read scale-out
  3. c. No replicas (not recommended for production workloads)
  4. d. Azure SQL Database

Architectural breakdown & explanation

Replicas offload read queries.

Correct answer(s): b. Azure SQL read scale-out

Exam domain: Describe relational data workloads (25% weight on the official guide).

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